Janice has led a full life; she has had many different kinds of experiences and had to fill many roles. In order to better understand how the current status of Janice would be the disengagement theory. There have been many events that have impact Janice’s ability to be involved in the community around her. Some of the events that have caused this would be: her first marriage, depression, her physical health and the deaths of her family members. Using theories Of Erikson’s theory of the stages of development, Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and the strengths perspective. The impact of these events on Janice’s life can be seen. Along with looking at events that have had an impact in Jancie’s life, there have also been relationships that played a role. Those relationships can be with family or just social interactions gained from groups or employment. If a person’s needs are not met it is hard to function well and see life positively, One theory that helps with discovering how someone sees their life is Eriksons’s Psychosocial Theory. The theory has several stages that happen at different points through life, some people may experience them differently but the process is still present. The stages are: trust vs mistrust, autonomy versus shame and doubt, Initiative versus guilt, industry versus inferiority, identity versus role confusion, intimacy versus isolation and generatively versus stagnation. Each of these had a profound impact on Janice’s life and played a role in how she sees herself. During Janice’s early years were positive and she had a good set of parents who cared for her giving her a good start for life. She was able to grow and learn and gained the necessary independence, learning how to do things for herself. In her life... ... middle of paper ... ...tate and self-management of widows. Nursing & Health Sciences, 14(1), 109-120. doi:10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00656.x McDonald, P. W., & Dickerson, S. (2013). Engendering Independence While Living With Purpose: Women's Lives After Leaving Abusive Intimate Partners. Journal Of Nursing Scholarship, 45(4), 388-396. doi:10.1111/jnu.12044 Song, L., & Shih, C. (2010). Recovery from partner abuse: the application of the strengths perspective. International Journal Of Social Welfare, 19(1), 23-32. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00632.x Thielke, S., Harniss, M., Thompson, H., Patel, S., Demiris, G., & Johnson, K. (2012). Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs and the Adoption of Health-Related Technologies for Older Adults. Ageing International, 37(4), 470-488. doi:10.1007/s12126-011-9121-4 Zastrow, C., & Kirst-Ashman, K. (2013). Understanding human behavior in the social enviroment.
In Queen’s “Being Emotionally Abuse: A Phenomenological Study of Adult Women’s Experience of Emotionally Abusive Intimate Partner Relationship”, focused on a total of 15 women, who have been emotionally abused from an intimate partner relationship and wanted the women to describe, “What is it like to live the life of a woman who is emotionally abused by her intimate partner?” When experiencing emotional abuse, it can be express as “not easily detected; it is non-transparent in there is no physical markers.” (Bornstein 2007, Campbell & Humphreys, 1984; Evans 1996; Gelles & Strauss, 19888; Kurst-Swanger & Petcosk, 2003, O’Leary 1999; Walker, 2000). The emotional abuse can be very hurtful towards the women at times because while in the cycle of the relationship, the woman cannot tell when something bad or good will happen. While this is happening, she begins to lose strength that she once had before and in away she is trapped inside her own mind. With physical harm, individuals outside the relationship can notice the bumps and bruises on the skin. Alma, a young mother of three pre-teen girls describes her personal experience with emotional abuse as, “I was very restricted. He wouldn’t allow me to contact my mom...my family, my friends. After I had my daughter, I wasn’t allowed to go to the doctor. I could only go to take my daughter...I didn’t know anything about our checking account..I didn’t have my own money.” When thinking about emotional abuse, understand that you cannot see the “bumps and bruises” but you can still see the effect it has on the partner by using their minds as their weapon rather focus upon the individual. According to Queen and others, after their research, they would define
An abused woman is always faced with a number of different choices from which she may consider, with regards to seeking help or ending the relationship with a variety of alternatives, the woman knows each decision involves a variety of risks. Time after time, the common question arises, “why doesn’t she just leave?” This question can be answered by analyzing the psychological effects domestic abuse has on women. Many women are unable to cope with the emotional and psychological stress of domestic abuse and resort to violence and extre...
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Some women refuse to even believe that they are in an abusive relationship. In the book called “The Battered Women and Shelters: The social Construction of Wife Abuse”, the author defines domestic violence as “after a violent event, an abusive man might feel guilty, he might act loving, contrite, and charming to this victim, but wife abuse is about those events where he will return to his abusive behavior”(19) This author’s definition of domestic abuse also explains the reason on why a women might want to believe and hope that one day their abusive partner may get better and change. Unfortunately, the inflictors behavior changing from abusive to loving permanently is a very rare occurrence. Women should know if they are in an abusive relationship and should be able to reach out for help from friends and family or even professionals without any fear. There are many different hotlines or agencies that can help women get out of the miserable situations they are currently living in. Women should be able to rely on anyone to help them get out of the unfortunate situation they could be in. While trying to help women get out of abusive relationships and dangerous situations, we should also be enforcing support groups for abusers and trying to rectify the abusers instead of just blaming the victims for not being able to get out of the relationship fast
Erikson’s theory of growth and development had eight very distinct stages. His theory assumes that a life crisis occurs during each stage of development. In Erikson’s case the crises are psychosocial in nature because they include the psychological needs of a person that conflict with societal needs. In the theory it states that successful completion of each stage results in a healthy personality and certain strengths that help one’s ego resolve sticky situations throughout life. Failure to complete any of the stages can result in an unhealthy sense of self, but they can still be resolved later on in life.
Erikson’s work emphasized each person’s relationship to the social environment –psychosocial human development and proposed eight stages of human development with crisis in each stage to be resolved. Individuals must go through all the stages in a lifetime, whether they resolve the conflict in each stage successfully or not. You must resolve each stage before moving to the next stages in life.
Though, out of all available theories and research, Erikson is most popular for his work is on identifying the eight different psychosocial stages that occur in one’s life, focusing on the personal development of one’s identity (MacLeod, 2008). He believed that the way in which an individual faces challenges in life determines whether he would progress onto the next stage or remain (Erikson, 2013). His theory considers the influence of external factors, the environment, parents and society as a whole. It begins with the first stage: Trust versus Mistrust, which occurs during infancy and continues on through several stages until concluding with the eighth. Next comes the second stage: Anatomy versus Shame and Doubt (toddlerhood), then the third stage: Initiative versus Guilt (preschool years), the fourth stage: Industry versus Inferiority (early school years), the fifth stage: Identity versus Role Confusion (adolescence), the sixth stage: Intimacy versus Isolation (young adulthood), the seventh stage: Generitivity versus Stagnation (middle adulthood), before the final stage: Ego Integrity versus Despair (adulthood) (McLeod, 2008). According to Erikson’s theory, successful completion of each stage results in a healthier personality and the attainment of certain basic strengths that one might use to resolve future problems.
When people think of domestic violence, they often think of an injured or bruised woman who has been brutally assaulted by her partner. However, not all abusive relationships involve violence. Verbal abuse is the main abuse that will be discussed in this research paper. Just because you’re not assaulted does not mean you’re not battered. Many women suffer from verbal abuse, which is no less devastating. Sadly, emotional abuse is often unrecognized, even by the person being abused. Emotional abuse can hurt just as much as physical violence, or even more in my opinion. This problem has become especially evident in in our country today. As an example, lets look at my last relationship, we were together for almost two years, and sometimes it seemed we were on a roller-coaster ride, in our relationship. It appeared she was so insecure about herself that she had a breast implant surgery, besides that she was not happy with her figure. She is now thirty-four years old and there is a fifteen-year age difference between us. The truth is that it seemed that every time she would get upset, she would just yell and threaten to call my parole officer, and she would say to me how “I was a no good gangsta thug, and she wished that I was back in prison or dead, and how she regrets leaving her former boyfriend for me.” When in fact, my anger and jealously would overcome my feelings for her.
During Erikson’s work from 1950-1963 he added modifications to Freud’s findings resulting in a proposition of a psychoanalytic theory of psychosocial development that occurs over a human’s lifespan and encompasses all life stages of human development; infancy (birth to 18 months), early childhood (2 to 3 years), preschool (3 to 5 years), school age (6 to 11 years), adolescence (12 to 18 years), young adulthood (19 to 40 years), middle adulthood (40 to 65 years) and maturity 65 to death) (simplypsychology.org). Each stage has a positive or negative outcome based off when the human experiences a psychosocial crisis in which results one’s personality development. Erikson based his findings off the term, ‘crisis’. He used the term for different implications of each human development stage. Once a ‘crisis’ is implied to one’s life, the formation of identity is based on the results that how one deals with the crisis or internal conflicts that emerges in each stage of life. In regards to the Adolescence stage of life, Erikson characterised this period of the life cycle as the establishment of one’s sense of personal identity. In the adolescence stage individuals face the fifth crisis, ‘Identity vs Role Confusion. This crisis involves an adolescent’s search of a sense of identity. The formation of a ‘sense of identity’ occurs when an adolescent successfully finds
The Purpose of this Paper The purpose of this paper is to apply two developmental concepts, as proposed by Erikson, to the real life experiences of Joe Smith. This paper will emphasize the influence of social structures expressed as risk or protective factors and any traumatic experiences that have shaped their developmental outcomes. Concept #1 will include an exploration of Joe’s psychosocial development during puberty, tied in with Erikson's fifth stage of development: identity versus identity confusion. Concept #2 will include an exploration of Joe’s psychosocial development in middle adulthood, tied in with Erikson's seventh stage of development: generativity versus stagnation.
This assignment’s main focus will be centred on Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, which consists of eight stages however only the fifth stage ‘identity versus role confusion’ will be discussed. Aspects such as identity crises, exploration of autonomy whilst developing a sense of self, factors that may contribute to identity formation as well as the successful/unsuccessful resolution of this particular stage will be discussed thoroughly. Erikson’s theory was also expanded by James Marcia, who identified certain identity statuses. The discussion will then progress to the psychosocial development of a case study based on Anna Monroe in connection to the difficulties she faced, such as gender, sexuality, peer pressure,
Now, proceeding two Erikson’s final three stages of life which I have yet to complete will help me be the professional person I hope to be. For Erikson these final three stages which are intimacy, generativity, and integrity are as important as the first five because they assist us in fulfilling a healthy life style. I have currently fulfilled the sixth stage of intimacy since I have been intimate with my partner for about eight years now. In this stage I learned to not put myself first only but to also give and share things with my partner. Erikson’s seventh stage of psychosocial development is generativity which means “giving back to our communities either locally or globally, and giving nurturance and guidance to those who will follow and inherit our world” (Mitchell, 2014, p. 137). The last stage in Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development is the eighth stage which is integrity. In this stage which I have yet to accomplish is when a person has reached a life well lived which includes when someone has gained wisdom and has lived through life histories and has accepted the transience what is left of one’s own
Abuse has become so common that some people do not realize they are being abused. It is important that this topic is studied because there are many gaps of knowledge to what all an abusive relationship can entail. The goal is to help someone somewhere get out of an abusive relationship before its too late. Whether its emotional or physical abuse, neither is healthy for a person to maintain in. So seeking relationship advice from outside sources, such as popular press articles may be a usual for tool for people who are looking for insight as long as they know to check up on the research involved in the article. This paper will compare and contrast the findings from the article I have chosen to the scholarly research that has been conducted on abusive relationships.
Out of the massive contributions made to developmental psychology, no psychologist had made a more significant contribution than Erik Erikson. As a young man, Erikson was highly influenced by the Freud family and their school of thought. However, Erikson disagreed with the Freudian concept of psychosexual stages, the idea that humans undergo stages of development and resolve basic conflicts by physical and pleasurable gratification (Santrock, 22). “According to Freud, the primary motivation for human behavior is sexual in nature according to Erikson, it is social and reflects a desire to affiliate with other people,” (Santrock, 23). Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory is a well rounded view of life- span development, it incorporates important conflicts during each stage of development that most people can relate to and apply to their own development.
In abusive relationships, women are at a much higher risk of being the victim then men (Mata-Pariente, Plazoala-Castano, & Ruiz-Perez 2006). A large number of women leave and return to their abusive relationships numerous times before they come to a realization of the victimization and break away (Cavanaugh, Gelles, & Loseke 2014). During the time of abuse, women may suffer psychological or physical consequences to their health. Many studies have shown that a majority of women who have been abused showed signs of anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression (Estrellado & Loh 2014). Although remaining in abusive relationships can affect the victims in a negative way, many women choose to stay because of several reasons. According to Mata-Pariente,