Early Middle and Adulthood Paper Diana P. Turner Human Growth and Development January 12th 2011 Michael Conley People in their early and middle and adulthood go through transitions in their lives such as making and improving social and intimate relationships, indentifying with different roles that occur through their lives and adjusting to healthy lifestyles. Adults have their own views for what makes a intimate relationship work for them, depending on their upbringing or peers they may take part in unhealthy habits and throughout their college years they learn to make decisions maturely.
All of these are what most young adults face and adjust to but outcomes can vary. It is natural for everyone to need or have or want a companion to shares their lives with. It is thought normal of young adults to want a spouse and a family of their own. In relationships it is that passion “falling in love” is the dominant aspect of young adults (Berger, 2010, p. 412) Intimacy is when two people know each other well enough to share secrets, as well as engage in sexual activity. Commitment is more time consuming and requires work, dedication, shares possessions, in some cases child-rearing responsibilities, and the capacity to forgive.
In some international familes arranged marriages commitment is first before intimacy and passion. Domestic violence sometimes occurs but male figures of the bride usually oversees common ground is the husband is too demanding. Arranged marriages hardly ever do divorce, there’s tremendous effort in keeping the family together as well as social and family support is offered. The western way a relationships seem to work is that all three factors, love, passion and commitment are all required. Passion on the other hand is ueled because of lack of knowing their partner, the more a person becomes familiar with that person, the passion soon fizzles out. The intimacy may increase and commitment can develop this is true for married, unmarried and remarried couples. Modern relationships has not always led to successful relationships. Many young adults hold out on marriage because they feel that without knowing a person well enough, to feel passion for a person cannot be possible. Those who marry young are more likely to divorce (Berger,2010, p. 412).
For young adults taking part in a intimate relationship without sex is a wiser choice than engaging in sex before having a friendship. Hookups are common for college student attending their first year. College student who on the verge of graduating usually have outgrown that desire due to the fact that a successful relationship will not surface. A want for have a sexual relationship is stringer in young men than women, if young men and women want to pursue a relationship they are less likely to have a hook up with that person. The U.
S young adults usually cohabit instead of marry before the age of 25 (Berger,2010 p. 414). This does not eliminate problems in their relationship because they are not yet married. Domestic violence, and drinking problems occur more often in cohabiting couples than married couples. Married couples are more likely to divorce if they have lived together previously. Break ups in a cohabiting environment are just as stressful as a divorce. It is said that young adults are independent, leave home and continue in their future endeavors with less help from the parent.
Truthfully the parents stay involved in their child’s life more than ever after the age of 18. Parents who do not have any young children to raise, are wealthy and middle age, and are healthy, have no money concerns and can expect to live longer than average can tend to the need of their young adults. The In the U. S fewer young adults live with their parents, while other young adults receive money or rental assistance from their parents. Lack of family support is usually a problem for some young adults because of being on ow-income, the families cannot afford higher education, college is expensive. Most young adults postpone marriage, having children or seeking a career until they have finished their education. Female and African American college students perform better when they attend a college where almost everyone is from their group (Berger,2010, p. 399). If all students have the same backgrounds it is less likely for them to be in a stereotype threat. In the U. S to earn a BA degree is more money than getting g a high school diploma.
College students are healthier than people who did not attend, college students smoke less, eat better, and live longer. In the first year of college students learn more than they do in any other years. Young adults today are fueled by their peers and make choices thate are risky and have not taken a serious enough thought into a chosen lifestyle or family. Age the age of 4 some have been inhibited or aggressive which can come from their genetics, by primary school they can be stable but things can change by getting to the young adult age. Young adults were hostile towards their parents, and friends were like to leave school and quit their jobs, by the age 23 some of them have found themselves getting into trouble with the law. Those who were arrested had only minor offenses (Berger,2010,p. 405) These young adults were slower to find work, choose a career and have a romantic relationship. These young adults had many friends they socialized with regularly, but their lateness of finding work and a marital partner are common for them. Young adults are open to new experiences and personality shifts are norm.
Young adults sometimes take part in all sorts of unhealthy habits in their lives most common is marijuana. It impairs a person’s cognition and oral health, people in their early thirties have gum disease who use it more than once a week. Cigarettes have changed over the years where as tobacco was free for U. S armed forces, advertised by some doctors. Today tobacco are available everywhere, depending on where a person lives, different restrictions apply to accessing tobacco but in the U. S its makes tobacco buying harder than in the 1970’s.
People who drink alcohol in moderation live longer than people who do not drink at all. Alcohol reduces heart disease, strokes, clogged arteries and blood clots. Some people are not able to do moderation which leaves them prone to liver damage, breast, stomach and throat cancer. Overeating is a healthy risk as well. Many adults choose fatty, high-calorie foods instead of healthy foods. Excess weight runs the risk of diabetes. It is beneficial for adults to eat and have regular exercise in their daily lifestyle, to keep a healthy weight adults should be eating less and being more active.
Becoming active on a regular basis is beneficial at any age and can decrease illness. Depression, reduced blood-pressure, and strengthen heart and lungs, heart disease and cancer are greatly reduced when exercise is involved. People are more like to became and stay active if friends are joining with, and it works for married couples as well. Adults exercise more when their community or neighborhood provide an environment for workouts to take place like , gym, and hiking paths.
Emerging adults are at ages where there always room to learn new things, experience new things healthy and unhealthy habits, and even learn to deal in different relationships. Some adjust and transition normally while other do not. Some have a support of their peers, and family to guide their in their young adults years. Emerging adults through these experience have the ability to adjust maturely though all young adults have different outcomes. References Invitation to the Life Span. (2010). New York: Berger K. S
