AN EXPLORATORY-STUDY OF DIFFERENCES IN DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS OF MIDDLE-AGED MEN AND WOMEN IN INDIA

Responses of 56 (32 women, 24 men) subjects to the Men's Adult Life Ex periences Inventory, a 37-item self-report assessment of the frequency and intensity of 11 developmentally related domains (relationships wi th parent, spouse, children, friends, death, health, job, leisure, sex , self-reflection, and pressure of time) of concerns of middle-aged me n and women in India were similar. The men and women differed only in their response to the self-reflection and health domains of the Men's Adult Life Experiences Inventory. This study indicates that there is n o midlife crisis in India.