Which of the Following Timing/experience Combinations Would Be Likely to Create

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following timing/experience combinations would be likely to create the LEAST stress and disruption, according to the shared experience/social clock model?

• A) the death of your father when you are 60 years old
• B) retirement because of ill health at age 50
• C) being fired from your job when you are 40 years old
• D) becoming a parent for the first time when you are 16 years old

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