Integrity versus despair is the eighth and final stage of Erik Erikson's stage theory of psychosocial developmentThis stage begins at approximately age 65 and ends at death Psychologists, counselors, and nurses today use the concepts of Erikson's stages when providing care'The despair in her eyes made her seem older than she actually was' 'On the screen the girl turned, despair etched in the taut lines of her scream' 'A wave of despair washed over him, taking away all of his heated frustration' 'Hurt mixed with confusion and a hint of despair filled those eyes'As verbs the difference between despair and dispair is that despair is (obsolete) to give up as beyond hope or expectation;
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