Attachment in adults

The issue, in this case, is the adoption of a newborn family member who may have been exposed to the mom’s cocaine use in the uterus. Drug abuse is common among many youths. Cocaine addiction is quite common among women of childbearing age. The cocaine is either smoked or injected into the system. The drug has many health effects of an individual but has the most adverse effects on the newborn babies. To judge whether one should adopt the newborn baby or not, one should first identify the…

The developmental stage that was chosen was young adulthood. During young adulthood, one is transitioning from a teenager into an adult. In contrast to childhood or adolescence, an individual starts developing himself or herself as a young adult when he, or she, starts to take responsibilities for their own needs and expenses. In young adulthood, there are developmental tasks and processes that take place. This stage can be associated with Erikson 's psychosocial theory of “Intimacy vs.…

mental health. They are important in a child development as they have long term influences on a child’s personality which is carried into their adulthood. Emotions effect their development and mental health throughout their life shaping them into the adults they will become and influencing the way they live. One of the factors, emotional expression, can be defined as how individuals either consciously…

sexual abuse Lisa experienced and the reaction of her mother are hypnotized to have created a degree of disorganized attachment in Lisa. Additionally, Lisa presented with multiple risk factors for BDP or for the development of BDP in adulthood. The following addressed symptoms of insecure attachment and BDP that were exhibited by Lisa. Lisa presented as having an insecure attachment as she had rapids shifts in her state of mind and had a difficult time with her affect regulation. Lisa also…

much more to life than just these three basic ideas. Each individual goes through a continuous developmental process that helps shape us into a unique independent individual. Our personal experiences as children are what helps mature into proper adults. We learn reasoning along with social responsibility and as we move into adulthood, we learn to improve our sociocultural development. All these practices developed differently in each individual depending on their cultural upbringing as well…

Adult Developmental Perspectives and How They Impact Personal Adult Development Examining adult development is a vital process in which adult educators can become more knowledgeable and better equipped to handle the necessities of the adult learner. There is much research and many perspectives on how adults develop. As adult educators explore these perspectives they not only gain an enriched perspective on how they personally developed, they are afforded an even greater opportunity in…

My life themes included attachment formation, relationship formation, identity formation, and learning more about adulthood. Without these factors, I would not be the person I am today. I do not dwell on anything from the past, but I do believe that when I am a parent, I will handle…

fundamental communication with child, can result in psychological disorders in future life of the child.” (p.220) Another source that stresses the need to care for oneself during this stage of development studied the high rates of depression in young adults. Park & Fuhrer (2013) explain this as; “Early adulthood is a particularly sensitive period for developing depression as depression onset occurs most commonly during this life stage. This is troubling given the reported associated increase in…

attempt to understand Lucy’s state of development in terms of her observed behavior and personality, I utilize Erik Erickson’s Human Development Stage Theory, Jean Piaget’s Cognitive Development Stage Theory, and John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth’s Attachment Theory to analyze Lucy. According to Erik Erickson’s Human Development Stage Theory, there are a total of eight age-distinct stages of development an individual experiences within a given lifespan (Kalat, 2008). As a twelve-year-old child,…

The Struggles of Antwone Fisher “Antwone Fisher” (2002) is a biographical drama that begins as Antwone, an adult enlisted in the United States Navy, attacks his fellow soldiers. Given his grave offense and the danger he could pose to others, he is restricted to the ship for one and a half months. Antwone is also sent to Dr. Jerome Davenport, a Navy psychiatrist. Athwone is furious about this development. His reluctance about his current situation strains the relationship between the two men.…