<Dl> <Dd> Central tasks of middle adulthood </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Central tasks of middle adulthood </Dd> <Ul> <Li> Express love through more than sexual contacts . </Li> <Li> Maintain healthy life patterns . </Li> <Li> Develop a sense of unity with mate . </Li> <Li> Help growing and grown children to be responsible adults . </Li> <Li> Relinquish central role in lives of grown children . </Li> <Li> Accept children's mates and friends . </Li> <Li> Create a comfortable home . </Li> <Li> Be proud of accomplishments of self and mate / spouse . </Li> <Li> Reverse roles with aging parents . </Li> <Li> Achieve mature, civic and social responsibility . </Li> <Li> Adjust to physical changes of middle age . </Li> <Li> Use leisure time creatively . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Express love through more than sexual contacts . </Li>

According to erikson the major task one faces during adolescence (and emerging adulthood) is