Speaker 1: We will be looking at emerging in early adulthood development.
We're looking at our Net's model, which defines emerging adulthood
eighteen to twenty five as a distinct age marked by
identity exploration, instability, self focus, and feeling in between. We'll
also look at cognitive growth in this period, post formal
thinking more flexible and realistic.
Speaker 2: We'll also look at career.
Speaker 1: Development, romantic development in the transition to parenthood, and clinical interventions.
So our Net's theory of emerging adulthood proposed as a
distinct life stage and industrialized societies emerging in the late
twentieth century due to delayed entry into marriage, parenthood, and
stable employment. It's characterized by five dimensions identity exploration, which
is especially in love, work and world review.
Speaker 2: What do I want? Replaces? What do my parents expect?
Speaker 1: Instability, frequent changes and residence, relationships and jobs like life
feels fluid uncertain, contributing to both excitement and stress. Self
focus not selfishness, but freedom from heavy obligations, time to
explore it to invest in personal growth.
Speaker 2: Feeling in between.
Speaker 1: Not an adolescent but not also to a fully developed adult.
Many report being sort of an adult possibilities and optimism.
Belief that life can go in many directions may mask
or precede anxiety, paralysis, or crisis. So the model helps
normalize nonlinear paths, helping clinicians frame indecision or drift. Cognitive
development postformal and pragmatic thinking is another one. So postformal
thought by synot Si Doublentt, adult thinking becomes more flexible, integrative,
and tolerant of ambiguity. Young adults recognize that problems may
not have single right answers. In addition, they consider context, emotion,
and contradiction, moving beyond black and white. Example, as a
client navigating a difficult family member no longer thinks I
must fix this, but rather what's the best I can
do given the limits. Pragmatic thinking, young adults shift from
idealistic reasoning to real world problem solving. They learn to prioritize, compromise,
practical outcomes, and emotional intelligence and decisions. Another one theory
career development by Super and Holland that Super's lifespan says
career development is not a one time decision, but a
lifelong process. Exploration stage fifteen to twenty four involves crystallizing
and trying out career options. The establishment stage is twenty
five to forty four, is marked by stabilizing and advancing
in a chosen path. Identity values and roles such as worker, spouse, whatever,
shift over time. Super also emphasized self concept development through
work work. Holland's vocational personality types people and work environments
are classified into six types realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising,
and conventional, also known as RIISEK. Satisfaction is highest when
there is a match between personality type and job environment.
For instance, an artistic type working in a rigid corporate
setting may feel understimulated and alienated. Career and decision or
dissatisfaction can lead to anxiety, depression, or identity confusion. Intimate
relationship formation Attachment patterns established in childhood influence romantic relationships.
We've talked about this in the past, but kind of
repeated now because of the stages. Attachment patterns like secure
where you're comfortable with closeness and emotional responsiveness, anxious where
your fear abandonment may be clingy, avoidant fears, intimacy, and
may suppress vulnerability. These patterns often become activated during the
emotional intensity of early adult relationships. Selection theories evolutionary. For instance,
preferences link to reproductive fitness, social exchange, cost benefit analysis,
and similarity attraction. People tend to select partners with similar
values and interests. Sternberg's triangular theory of love. Love consists
of three components intimacy, passion, and commitment. So intimacy, passion,
and commitment of the triangular theory of love, Intimacy is
emotional closeness, Passion is physical or romantic attraction, and commitment
is decision to stay. Combinations create types of love, companionate, romantic,
consummate relationship, satisfaction and longivio shape by the balance of
these components. Transition of parenthod Becoming a parent is another
developmental milestone.
Speaker 2: Their restructures identity priorities in relationship.
Speaker 1: New parents often report increased its meaning, but also reduce
satisfaction in the relationship. Factors include coparenting quality, division of labor, attachment, security,
and social support. You also may encounter post partum depression,
identity disruption, and roll strain. First time parents may help
may need help renegotiating individual goals, intimacy and expectations. Quarter
life crisis interventions are helpful here clients may feel paralyzed
by choice or overwhelmed by responsibility. Normalizing the developmental struggle
and promote values. Clarification can help tolerate ambiguity. Use tools
like Career Narrative Work Act or CBT. Work related stress management.
Burnout can begin early due to roll overload, value.
Speaker 2: Mismatch, or imposter syndrome.
Speaker 1: Interventions focus on boundary setting, skill development or vocational assessment,
explore coping strategies, and support networks relationship counts things.
Speaker 2: Early adult couples often struggle with.
Speaker 1: Expectation management and attention driven dynamics. Also, life and role coordination,
US therapy and Gotman based interventions are all support relational resilience.
Therapists may also work with individuals and patterns of repeated
relational dysfunction. So just to kind of give you an
idea of what's going on with emerging in early adulthood
development