Psychological content of the mid-life crisis of personality

The article discusses the concept of "mid-life crisis", presentation of foreign and domestic scholars on this phenomenon. Tne signs of crisis, its manifestation in focus, self-awareness, emotional sphere of the individual are shown. It presents an analysis of effects of the crisis in mid-life family and professional spheres of life of the individual. Characterized the effect of changes in the physical state to experience a mid-life crisis.