Psikhologiya vzroslogo cheloveka ostavlyaet mnogo spornykh i neizuchennykh voprosov.Nakhodyas" v takom neprostom periode zhizni, chelovek perezhivaet razlichnye rezkie psikhologicheskie izmeneniya, v eto vremya proiskhodyat protsessy perestroyki smyslovykh struktur soznaniya i pereorientatsii na novye zhiznennye zadachi, t.e. chelovek perezhivaet krizis serediny zhizni.Vyyavleno, chto osnovnym soderzhaniem perioda serediny zhizni rabotayushchikh muzhchin yavlyaetsya professional"nyy krizis, a rabotayushchikh zhenshchin – semeynyy krizis. Vydeleny osnovnye kharakteristiki, soprovozhdayushchie perezhivanie krizisa serediny zhizni: pereosmyslenie zhizni na novom etape, aktualizatsiya napravlennosti na poisk novykh sposobov samorealizatsii i izmeneniya v strukture lichnostnykh kharakteristik.Prakticheskoe znachenie raboty zaklyuchaetsya v vozmozhnosti ispol"zovaniya rezul"tatov issledovaniya v professional"nom konsul"tirovanii zhenshchin, korrektiruyushchikh i preryvayushchikh kar"eru v krizisnyy period.