Passages to Adulthood: Linking Demographic Changes and Human Development
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Principles of Longevity and Aging: Intervention to Enhance Older Adulthood
Spirituality in Older Adulthood Existential Meaning Productivity and Live Events
LaJuana Jones
South University Online
Topic 1: Adulthood The life span of adulthood continues and is not the endpoint of development. An individual continually change from birth to adolescence after adolescent a person will change about five or six years later, there is hardly any change in adulthood, and when they become older adult thing begin to change considerably. (Santrock, 2012) During the time of adulthood a person go through several changes which will include finances, romance, and residence. When evaluating the changes that an adult went through during adulthood 200 individuals between the ages of 17 and 27 it showed when a change was made it effected changes in other domains in one’s life. When only two people were interviewed the assumption of independency of their life was different and did not compare to the 200 people that was interviewed and this was done on the bases of the dynamic system theory when they compared the different domains. Several different studies have been done when it comes to adulthood. Once a person graduate from college they will take on a different responsibility as an adult such as they will focus on their careers and perhaps get married and start a family after they turn 30 years of age. (Arnett, 2000) People that do not complete college or constantly return home during their college years do not succeed well in finances, family, and relationships this is an imbalance within the process of adulthood this is a drastic change in domains. Bothe of theses situation are separated but they do intertwine but the change that occur does bring about the regulatory function to
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