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HN377 Unit 9: Emerging Adulthood*

HN377 Unit 9: Emerging Adulthood*. Wendy L. DuCassé , MSW, LCSW * Berk (2008). Do You Feel That You Have Reached Adulthood?. Areas of Exploration in Emerging Adulthood. Education Romance Career Residence Politics Religion. Postponing Marriage.

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HN377 Unit 9: Emerging Adulthood*

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  1. HN377Unit 9: Emerging Adulthood* Wendy L. DuCassé, MSW, LCSW *Berk (2008)

  2. Do You Feel That You Have Reached Adulthood?

  3. Areas of Exploration in Emerging Adulthood • Education • Romance • Career • Residence • Politics • Religion

  4. Postponing Marriage • In 1950, the average age of first marriage was about 20 for women and 23 for men. • Currently, the comparable ages are 25 and 27 in the United States, and 28 and 30 in Canada.

  5. Coming Home • More than half of 18 to 25-year –olds return to their parent’s home for a brief period after leaving. • The end of college, job transitions, or failures in work or love can bring young people home. • Lower-SES and ethnic minority emerging adults are more likely to live with parents. • The longer bridge between adolescence and adulthood is an emerging cultural construction.

  6. Cultural Change and Emerging Adulthood • Developed economies • Longer education needed, so longer emerging adulthood • Dramatic Gains in Life Expectancy • Young people in traditional, non-Western countries do not experience • Low-SES in Western nations may not experience

  7. Postformal Thought • Important advances in thinking follow the attainment of formal operations • College students make impressive strides • College as “developmental testing ground” • “Culture shock” • Exposure to many viewpoints • Social experiences combine with personal effort to spark new ways of thinking

  8. Development of Epistemic Cognition • William Perry • Our reflections on how we arrived at facts, beliefs, and ideas • Dualistic Thinking • Relativistic Thinking • Commitment Within Relativistic Thinking • Importance of peer interaction and reflection

  9. Emotional and Social Changes • Advances in identity development • Breadth and depth • Many aspects of life course that were once socially structured are now left up to the individual to decide, a process that requires self-efficacy, purpose, and confidence in overcoming obstacles. • Personal agency

  10. Love in Emerging Adulthood • Erikson – Intimacy • Intimacy helped by: • Partner similarity • Good communication • Secure internal working model of attachment • Cohabitation longer term in Europe than North America

  11. Work in Emerging Adulthood • More preparation for adult work • Internships, apprenticeships, college majors • Mentors • Levinson – “Dream” stage • Men: career-focused • Women: split dreams

  12. Gender in Emerging Adulthood • During college, women’s career ambitions often decline partly because of questions about ability and partly because of questions about combining work with parenthood. • Women who achieve have four experiences in common: • A college environment that values the achievement of women • Frequent interaction with faculty and professionals in their field • The opportunity to test their abilities in supportive extracurricular, internship, and work environments • Models of accomplished women who have successfully dealt with family-career role conflict

  13. Ethnic Minorities in Emerging Adulthood • Ethnic minorities are at a greater risk for dropping out of college. • College programs that reach out to high-risk students increase retention. • Racial bias in career opportunities remains strong. • Ethnic minority women must surmount combined gender and racial discrimination to realize their career potential.

  14. Relationship of Ethnicity of Job Applicant’s Name to Employer Callback

  15. Worldviews • Civic and Political Commitments • Religion and Spirituality

  16. What Values Do You Think Are Most Important to Pass on to the Next Generation?

  17. Resources That Foster Resilience in Emerging Adulthood • Cognitive Attributes • Emotional and Social Attributes • Social Supports • Relationships with parents have an especially wide-ranging influence.

  18. Loneliness Over the Lifespan

  19. Last Minute Reminders This is our last live seminar. We will not meet next Monday, February 21, the week of unit 10. All late work is due by Saturday, February 19th at 11:59pm EST (NO EXCEPTIONS!)

  20. Questions Any last minute questions about your project??

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