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Exploring Emerging Adulthood: A New Life Stage in Early Adulthood, Slides of Human Development

An overview of emerging adulthood, a new life stage characterized by young adults engaging in adulthood roles later in life due to factors such as higher education, job instability, and risky behaviors. the distinguishing features of emerging adulthood, including cognitive, physical, and emotional developments, as well as potential problems young adults may face. Additionally, the document discusses the impact of spirituality and religion on young adults and the importance of assessing spirituality in social work practice.

What you will learn

  • How does spirituality impact young adults?
  • What are the causes for the shift towards emerging adulthood?
  • How does Fowler's Theory of Faith Development apply to emerging adulthood?
  • What are the distinguishing features of emerging adulthood?
  • What are the potential problems young adults may face during emerging adulthood?

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Development in

Early Adulthood

AGENDA

Options for Reflection Paper #2:

  • Come up with your own version of “teenopoly”, or
  • Reflect on the teenopology game we’ll play on Friday
NO CLASS WEDNESDAY

Today:

  • Emerging adulthood—a new life stage?

IS AGE 30

THE NEW

Continued growth and sexual, cognitive, social and emotional developments

Physical development stabilizes

More sophisticated cognitive processes

Generally achieve autonomy and independence, develop self-identity and

own opinions, values, and beliefs

PROBLEMS: Young adults may experience problems in:

creating or conserving intimate relationships

developing a healthy self-identity, or

maintaining healthy boundaries

Developmental Milestones

Cognitive Development:

More complex and reflective thinking

Able to connect new information to past experiences

Adept at thinking logically and reasonably

Development Milestones

Physical Development:

Optimal physical performance

Some decline beginning toward the end of early adulthood

Bad health habits may be established

Personality and Emotional Development:

Stability of emotional growth

Development of intimate relationships

Establishment of self-identity and independence

Person-First Language

suggests that aspects of a disability are a part of the person but do not define the

person

“person with a disability” replaces “disabled person”

Person who is blind or visually impaired replaces blind person

Child who has autism replaces autistic child or “autistic”

Person who has diabetes replaces diabetic person or just “diabetic”

Consider using “different ability”

“disability-first” language gaining in popularity with some populations

“Name it & be real”

The Individual - Disability

S P I R I T U

A L I T Y

A N D

R E L I G I O

S I T Y

The Individual

Spirituality:

Spirituality may be defined as, “The human search for a sense of meaning,

purpose, and morally fulfilling relations with oneself, other people, the universe,

and the ground of being.” (Canda, 2008, pg. 266)

Religious beliefs may decline with time, though participation in religious

activities tends to increase in young adulthood

Diverse cultures define and experience spirituality differently

Spirituality may be seen as the connection and meaning and individual has with

others, him or herself, and the universe at large

A client’s religious beliefs and spiritual practices impact his or her worldview

Spirituality shapes a person’s view of problems and solutions, and may become

a strength in overcoming obstacles and coping with events

Social workers: assess spirituality as way to understand client’s world view

The Individual

Fowlers Theory of Faith Development:

Stage 1: Primal or Undifferentiated Faith (Birth – 2 years)

Stage 2: Intuitive-Projective Faith (2 – 6 years)

Stage 3: Mythic-Literal Faith (6 – 12 years)

Stage 4: Synthetic-Conventional Faith (12+ years)

Stage 5: Individuative-Reflective Faith (Early Adulthood +)

Stage 6: Conjunctive Faith (Midlife +)

Stage 7: Universalizing Faith (Midlife +)

The Family and Immediate Environment

People’s roles and relationships in a family change

May begin families of their own

Their own parents enter middle and late adulthood

Domestic Violence:

6 Million acts of violence are committed against women each year

Child abuse may have large impacts on the child’s development, especially

as the child enters adolescence and young adulthood

Factors:

Child abuse

Poor family cohesion

Familial substance abuse

Theories: Learning Theory; Strength’s Perspective; Ecological Model

Witnessing domestic violence

Exposure to media violence

Mindfulness

Emerging method of responding to stress and trauma

Shown to have positive impact on thought process, change brain structure and

functioning

Meditation

Attention to a person’s intentional goals

attention to the present moment

attitude of openness and acceptance

10-20 minutes daily shown to have significant impact