Janet Kelfer's Case Study

The environment directly effects values, personality, morals, work ethic, behavior, and mental illness. The environment includes specific personal events, social events, and political events. It also includes parental personalities, how one is raised, where one is raised, when one is raised, and what happens to them and around them later in life. This effect of the environment on the above traits are highly effected by the environment as opposed to genetics. Janet Kelfer is a Caucasian American who is 62 years old. She was interviewed on July 15th, 2017 about her most memorable moments in the 1970’s, 1980’s, and 1990’s and how they shaped who she is today.
1970’s
Janet Kelfer was 15 to 25 years old in the 1970’s. She lived in the same home she was born in with her both biological parents and older sister. Her father was emotionally abusive and her mother was a perfectionist who worked a lot. Janet sated, her older sister was impregnated in high school. Her father took her for an illegal abortion and proceeded to bug their phones and scrutinize all activity. She remembers being very fearful of her father and complying with everything asked of her. For example, she cleaned the toilets as well as the rest of the house. She was not allowed to date nor did she attempt to. Janet had friends at …show more content…
She has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. Janet claims to be constantly on edge, extremely tense, excessively worried, and it is difficult for her to control her worries. Janet also became extremely independent at a very young age because of her father’s abuse. She is more resilient because of this abuse. Janet is also a perfectionist and nothing is ever good enough for her. To Janet, when she makes a mistake she imagines her father having an angry explosion. Janet’s life has been very directed toward what people think of her. She also learned this from her