Explain Why Those in "The Sandwich Generation" Feel as Though

question 9

Essay

Explain why those in "the sandwich generation" feel as though they are caught in the middle.

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Definitions:

Rumination

The compulsive focused attention on the symptoms of one's distress, and on its possible causes and consequences, as opposed to its solutions.

Pessimistic Explanatory

A cognitive style where individuals tend to attribute negative events to stable, internal, and global factors.

Hopelessness

A feeling of despair and despondency, often accompanied by a belief that one's situation is impossible to improve.

Chronic Schizophrenia

A long-lasting, severe mental disorder characterized by distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self, and behavior.