Running Head: Ego Integrity













Ego Integrity and the
process of finding meaning in life and death
in late adulthood



Erik Erikson talks about eight stages of human development. The last stage, Ego Integrity vs. Despair, happens in late adulthood. This may be the most important stage in one’s life affecting their family and friends possible more than others in addition to bring one’s life to close. With better understanding of this anchor stage of ones life, we can aid our transition and even prepare for it early in life. Preparing for ones final stage, as everything in life, can lead to a more successful transition into late adulthood. Strong knowledge of Ego Integrity can help prevent dangerous fall out when life’s dilemmas and tragedies force us into other stages prematurely.

Stages of psychosocial development

In 1950 Erik Erikson, a psychoanalyst, developed an improvement upon Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual stages. Freud’s......

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