adult-development-case

Overview

Create and analyze a 1–2-page simulated case study of an adult with developmental challenges. Then, create a 5–7-page intervention plan based on evidence-based strategies that have proven effective in similar cases and make projections of possible long-term impacts that current challenges may produce across the individual’s remaining lifespan.

• Early adulthood, from 18–25 years, is a period when focus on relationships and career choice and success can become primary.
• Middle adulthood, or midlife, often focuses on growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss in family and work contexts.
• Late adulthood is when people move into their 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, and various challenges and losses can define developmental trajectories.

Context

Theorists and researchers focus on these phases to understand the developmental trajectories of adults:

• Early adulthood, often referred to as young adulthood or emerging adulthood, is a period from 18 to 25 years, where the focus on relationships and career choice and success can become primary. Young adulthood is often understood by applying lifespan development theories that help in understanding social-emotional and career development issues that emerge in young adulthood. Examples are adult attachment theory, Holland’s personality type theory linked to career development, Super’s vocational self-concept stages, as well as Erikson’s stage of identity development.
• Middle adulthood, or midlife is a period where, according to developmental theory, there is evidence of growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss in various contexts such as family and work. Middle adulthood is often understood by applying lifespan development theories that help in understanding the cognitive and social development issues that emerge in midlife. Concepts of maintenance and loss as well and coping strategies linked to stress such as Hobfoll’s theory of conservation of resources (COR) are often useful. Cognitive changes are often understood in terms of fluid and crystallized intelligence. Social development is often understood in terms of Erikson’s concept of generativity.
• Adulthood or late adulthood is a period when people move into their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, with various challenges and losses that can define developmental trajectories. Late adulthood is often understood by applying lifespan development theories that help in understanding the gains and losses that are hallmarks of this stage of adulthood, such as the lifespan theory developed by Baltes and colleagues.

Questions to Consider

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

• How do changes in the brain during adulthood affect success in school or the workplace?
• In what ways does adult female development differ from adult male development? In what ways is it similar?
• How might your knowledge of adult development be useful in your current or future professional pursuits?
• What factors promote stability in adult life? What factors promote change?
• How do the different measures of health in middle age contribute to the cognitive and social changes associated with middle adulthood?
• How might your knowledge that middle adulthood is often when a person first confronts the lessening of his or her abilities be useful in your current or future professional pursuits?
• What are some strategies for maintaining cognitive abilities, given the concerns about decline in cognitive development possible during late adulthood?
• What factors contribute to the increased life expectancy?
• What is the role of wisdom in healthy aging?
• How do we as a society support older persons as they deal with their own mortality?

Resources

Resources

APA Resources

Because this is a psychology course, you must format this assessment according to APA guidelines, since it is the writing style of the profession. Use the following resources to guide your work. Additional resources about APA can be found in the Research Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.

• APA Paper Template [DOCX].
• American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
  • This book is available from the Capella University Bookstore.

Suggested Resources

The resources provided here are optional and support the assessment. They provide helpful information about the topics. You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate, credible, and valid. The PSY-FP7210 – Lifespan Development Library Guide can help direct your research. The Supplemental Resources and Research Resources, both linked from the left navigation menu in your courseroom, provide additional resources to help support you.

Development Theory and Adult Development

• Broderick, P. C., & Blewitt, P. (2015). The life span: Human development for helping professionals (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
  • This resource is available from the Capella University Bookstore.
    • Chapter 11, “Physical and Cognitive Development in Young Adulthood,” pages 408–437.
    • Chapter 12, “Socioemotional and Vocational Development in Young Adulthood,” pages 438–477.
    • Chapter 13, “Middle Adulthood: Cognitive, Personality, and Social Development,” pages 478–525.
    • Chapter 14, “Living Well: Stress, Coping, and Life Satisfaction in Adulthood,” pages 526–555.
    • Chapter 15, “Gains and Losses in Late Adulthood,” pages 556–596.

The following media pieces offer information about changes that occur at different stages of adult development, as well as connections to theory.

• Introduction to: Early Adulthood | Transcript.
• Introduction to: Middle Adulthood | Transcript.
• Social Theories of Aging | Transcript.

The following scholarly articles offer a sample of information on issues related to adult development. Research the Capella library for articles related to your specific topic.

• Glass, J., Simon, R. W., & Andersson, M. A. (2016). Parenthood and happiness: Effects of work-family reconciliation policies in 22 OECD countries. American Journal of Sociology, 122(3), 886–929.
• Griffin, P. W., Mroczek, D. K., & Wesbecher, K. (2015). Personality development across the lifespan: Theory, research, and application. In P. A. Lichtenberg, B. T. Mast, B. D. Carpenter, & J. Loebach Wetherell (Eds.). APA handbook of clinical geropsychology: Vol. 1, History and status of the field and perspectives on aging (pp. 217–234). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Haase, C. M., Heckhausen, J., & Wrosch, C. (2013). Developmental regulation across the life span: Toward a new synthesis. Developmental Psychology, 49(5), 964–972.
• Leopold, T., & Lechner, C. M. (2015). Parents’ death and adult well–being: Gender, age, and adaptation to filial bereavement. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(3), 747–760.
• Luthar, S. S., & Ciciolla, L. (2015). Who mothers mommy? Factors that contribute to mothers’ well-being. Developmental Psychology, 51(12), 1812–1823.
• Shockley, K. M., Shen, W., DeNunzio, M. M., Arvan, M. L., & Knudsen, E. A. (2017). Disentangling the relationship between gender and work-family conflict: An integration of theoretical perspectives using meta-analytic methods. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(12), 1601–1635.
• Stroebe, M. S., & Archer, J. (2013). Origins of modern ideas on love and loss: Contrasting forerunners of attachment theory. Review of General Psychology, 17(1), 28–39.

Sample Research on the Impact of Individual and Cultural Differences on Adult Development

The following scholarly articles provide information on the impact of individual and cultural differences on the development of adults. Research the library for current articles that are more specific to your topic.

• Ashbaugh, K., Koegel, R. L., & Koegel, L. K. (2017). Increasing social integration for college students with autism spectrum disorder> Behavioral Development Bulletin, 22(1), 183–196.
• Baumeister, R. F., Vohs, K. D., Aaker, J. L., & Garbinsky, E. N. (2013). Some key differences between a happy life and a meaningful life. Journal of Positive Psychology, 8(6), 505–516.
• Castellano, R., Velotti, P., Crowell, J. A., & Zavattini, G. C. (2014). The role of parents’ attachment configurations at childbirth on marital satisfaction and conflict strategies. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23(6), 1011–1026.
• Forster, M., Grigsby, T. J., Soto, D. W., Sussman, S. Y., & Unger, J. B. (2017). Perceived discrimination, cultural identity development, and intimate partner violence among a sample of Hispanic young adults. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23(4), 576–582.
• Kooij, D. T. A. M., De Lange, A. H., Jansen, P. G. W., Kanfer, R., & Dikkers, J. S. E. (2011). Age and work-related motives: Results of a meta-analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32(2), 197–225.
• Riediger, M., Voelkle, M. C., Schaefer, S., & Lindenberger, U. (2014). Charting the life course: Age differences and validity of beliefs about lifespan development. Psychology and Aging, 29(3), 503–520.

Sample Research on Interventions for Adult Developmental Challenges

The following scholarly articles provide information on interventions for adult developmental challenges. Research the library for current articles that are more specific to your topic.

• Andover, M. S., Schatten, H. T., Morris, B. W., Holman, C. S., & Miller, I. W. (2017). An intervention for nonsuicidal self-injury in young adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(6), 620–631.
• Jackson, J. J., Hill, P. L., Payne, B. R., Roberts, B. W., & Stine-Morrow, E. A. (2012). Can an old dog learn (and want to experience) new tricks? Cognitive training incr
   

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