S W 360K Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Socioeconomic Status, Fetus, Miscarriage
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Chapter 8: grief and loss in young adulthood. According to erik erikson"s theoretical framework, young adulthood is a time when people move from the identity fragmentation, confusion, and exploration characteristics of adolescence into more intimate engagements with significant others. Young adults often have to negotiate conflicting, incompatible, or competing life roles and choices. Socioeconomic status and level of education are critical to young adults beginning a career or graduate or professional school. The development of an identity, which includes abandoning the adolescent focus on self, becoming self-reliant, and connecting with important others, is integral to positive self-esteem and making adult commitments. Parents" expectations become less salient to young adults, although they may still exert an influence. The worldview of most young adult parents does not include the possibility that a fetus can die. Committed young adult partners usually greet a pregnancy with excitement, family and peer support, and a sense of being on time in the developmental tasks of parenting.
