Englisch: Erik Erikson 's Theory of Psychosocial Development stages
Integrity vs. despair (late adult) refers to the 8th stage of Erik Erikson's theory of Psychosocial development where at t the end of life, individuals can either feel complete or incomplete; they can either have integrity or fall into despair.
Those that maintain integrity can look objectively at the broad span of life and offer advice to people in earlier stages.