ADULTHOOD (19 – 65)

الدكتور عبد المهدي عبد الرضا حسن الشحماني
PhD,Pediatric & Mental Health Nursing

Adulthood is the period when the individual has achieved physical maturity. Compulsory education has finished and the young adult either tries to find work or goes onto further or higher education. Most people find a partner, leave home and start their own families. Settling into a career is an important part of adult life.

PHYSICAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD

Intellectual development continues through adulthood. Getting a job involves learning new skills.

Many skills are also needed when a person leaves home and lives independently. These include cooking and managing a home and a budget.

As adults age they react more slowly and find it more difficult to remember things under pressure.
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD

Behaving in a mature manner - controlling the way they respond to the emotions that they are feeling.

When we leave home we have to be independent & self reliant to cope.

Having children means accepting new responsibilities. Babies are very demanding & this can cause a lot of stress.
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD.

The jobs adults do are an important part of their identity & self concept. A person may feel proud of their job & think they have been successful in getting it. If they are not satisfied with their job, they may feel a failure.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD

When young adults leave home, they have to develop new types of relationships. They may have a partner or get married, all this means making decisions, accepting responsibility & sharing. Relationships with parents change.

Starting a job involves developing working relationships. Formal relationships like those at work where certain rules have to be followed and informal relationships such as friends – casual or social relationships.
Lifestyle Factors

The effect of family relationships on growth & development can be a major influence on life opportunities. A child’s social class depends on their parents and can influence the opportunities that we have.

An adults social class is based on economic (money) factors and the job they do. Someone who didn’t stay on at school may not expect their children to stay on etc.
Lifestyle Factors
The effect of friendships on growth & development is important.