Physical, Cognitive And Psychosocial Changes During Midlife

Physical, Cognitive And
Psychosocial Changes
During Midlife

Contents
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY........................................................................................................................................3
Physical changes................................................................................................................................3
Cognitive changes.............................................................................................................................5
Psychosocial changes........................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Midlife, spanning from forty to sixty five, is basically the period when a person goes
through various kind of changes. It could be stressful period for an individual as they have to
struggle with mortality, ageing and sticking to a sense of purpose. Physical, cognitive and
psychosocial changes are the most common aspects of mid-life of an individual where they
have to deal with number of problems (Krychman, 2017). The overall system of the body
could slow down and most of the individuals indulge into substance abuse or may cause
stress or depression. In this period mostly adults takes a new job responsibilities and feel a
requirement to reassess their professional life and make changes when they feel that there is
still some time left. In this particular study, all sorts of changes including physical, cognitive
and psychological changes that occur within an individual whole life course, specifically in
midlife is going to be covered.
MAIN BODY
Physical changes
Physical changes are the changes which are clearly visible and could be noticed by
individuals. It goes throughout the life course of an individual. As a result of passing of time,
a middle aged person goes through a number of physical changes. However, age related
changes can be based on number of factors such as cellular or molecular changes, biological
factors and oxidative damage which all comes in the category of primary aging. The aging
that comes due to regulatory factors like leading an unhealthy lifestyle due to lack of physical
activities and poor diet is referred to as secondary aging. Going out of the shape is not
actually a part of ageing, it is most probably due to the reason that middle aged person has
experienced a lot of stress and has become less physically active. Some of the activities of the
individuals like smoking, taking alcohol, low quality of diet, stress, anxiety along with the
occurrence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, blood pressure, arthritis minimize the overall
health of the individuals (Paine and et.al.,2019). Moreover, the physical changes which are
most visible in a middle aged adult can be due to internal functioning of their body. Such as
colour of Hair which is mostly due to the pigment called melanin developed by hair follicles.
Due to ageing, the follicles of hair generate less amount of melanin content and thus cause
the hair to become grey. Colour of hair generally starts to become light from the temple but
eventually it causes he whole hair to become white. Skin of the middle aged people continues