Acceptance of <em>ideal and future</em> selves decreases and acceptance of <em>past </em>selves increases in older adults?
Explanation:
In the earlier stages of adulthood people are more focused on their <u>ideal and future selves</u>. They put a lot of effort to create certain life for themselves in the future. For example, have a stable well paying job, a big house and a family. They accept the vision of ideal selves and work towards making it real.
Meanwhile, with the process of aging and entering later stages of adulthood, people realize their life may not have unfolded as they intended. They realize that the larger half of life is already completed and tend to accept their <u>past selves</u>. An individual with a healthy mindset would look back and appreciate the journey he or she went through and even see that it turned out to be better than was planned.
