The Beneficial Effects Of Youthful Self Identity

According to Dr.Penner’s lecture about Canadian adolescents, adolescence is defined as the years in which biological, physical, emotional and social movements transpire to cue the onset of adulthood and signify the end of childhood. I believe that it is in these crucial years that highly self-conscious teenagers desperately strive to find their identity rather than their sense of self. Sense of self is considered as something that every individual is born with. During Dr.Penner’s lecture I agreed with some of his statements, one of which states, parents can see their teenagers’ character and personality more as they mature, but he suggests that they have always been that way, they don’t just suddenly become a self because parents are now able to understand them. The sense of self unlike identity, in the early years, is not criticized to be true or false or judged as right or wrong. Rather, it is associated with the feeling of safekeeping, security and recognition of attributes that the child acknowledges as important. Throughout later years, sense of self becomes positively or negatively correlated with characteristics that parents value and portray for their children according to how they live their lives. I highly place importance on the fact that this sense of self must be nurtured in their environment and cherished by their loved ones. On the other hand, identity is an internal, subjective self structure that is comprised of one’s own personal experiences, history, attitudes, morality, abilities, drives and overall uniqueness. This complex internal structure of individuality is adaptive to their audience. I am certain that every teenager’s main aspiration in their adolescent years is to find their identity. Identity from my perspective is something that unique and is customized to every individual. I do believe that adolescents begin to piece together their identity through what they have found works for them and what doesn’t, but they don’t completely establish their identity as a whole. This is because they are notoriously so self-conscious that they have difficulty finding their individuality which is basically the whole meaning of what identity is. They attempt to establish themselves through others’

The life transitions are the major changes that occur throughout individual’s lifespan. Adolescence is often classified as one of the most challenging and significant stage during life transition. In this phrase, the individuals not only developing physical and sexual maturation but also experiencing the development of identity and transitions into social and economic independence (WHO, 2014). This essay will discuss the different concept of self-identity for adolescents, the important predictable and unpredictable elements during the transition, as well as the nurses’ role in relation to adolescence care.

The life pursuits and subjective judgments of many contemporary young people indicate that the transition to adult roles has become so delayed and prolonged that it has spawned a new transitional period extending from the late teens to the mid-to late-twenties, called emerging adulthood. During the college years, young people often refine their approach to forming their own identity. In these years, young people have left adolescence, but most have not yet assumed adult responsibilities. Many have dreams and those are what guides them in their decision making. In the video, 22 year old Casey describes her dream and comments on her identity development. Casey says that she became interested in Psychology in high school during her junior year when she took a psych course. She knew from then on that was what she wanted to do, but she hadn't picked a career yet. Casey said that she picked a career during her first year of graduate school, when she decided on gerontology. She said her happy and active grandparents had a lot to do with picking a career and wanting to work with the population. Casey thinks her identity was a gradual process and it's only really formed since last year. She feels her parents helped shape her morals and beliefs, but in between her senior year and her first year of graduate school, she started to form her own and integrated some of her own ideas. 24 year old Elizabeth and 25 year old Joel are shown discussing

As younger adults witness positive images of aging the paradigm shift begins. Vulnerable and burdensome, and being a drain on the economy will be replaced with individuals that are community assets (Greene, 2007). Intergenerational

High school is the most important time for teenagers and it is the time where they grow and learn to think differently about their self. If we could recall back to any films that has been made from the past years for example, Cyberbully, Mean girls, Cassi and vise versa, we could see that this these films focus on teenagers concerning about identity and their self; whether popularity that boost their confidence, and bullying. However, this paper will be about the observation conducted at McDonald’s; the first part of the essay will focus on the environment, secondly, the adolescent’s physical characteristic, then social skills, language skills, and behavior. The essay will continue on discussion about some possible programs that should be created to help middle adolescents or teenagers with identity issues; because identity affects all categories of development.

A study involving 232 young adults studying Developmental Psychology at RMIT was carried out in order to examine the correlation between the four identity statuses, in both the domains of ‘ideological’, ‘interpersonal’ and ‘wellbeing’ in 8 subdomains. Each participant completed a confidential, 78 item online survey. The core results that respondents provided categorised majority of young people within the ideological diffusion status, with the least number placed within interpersonal foreclosure. Alongside this finding, wellbeing was positively correlated with identity achievement and negatively correlated with Identity foreclosure, with no separation of ideological and interpersonal domains. Interpersonal moratorium and diffusion were also both negatively correlated with most of 8 subdomains of wellbeing. This research needs to consider the samples gender inequality, using only correlational data and whether using one-time data collection would impact the results.

After completing the My Virtual Life adult portion, one of the things I learned was how important the decisions you make during emerging adulthood are. Emerging adulthood is the period from late teens to the mid late twenties. Within this period, you will most likely be finishing high school and making decisions that will determine your future. For example, college, or going straight into the workforce, committed relationships and self-identity. From my own experience, I believe I am not like many kids my age. I am currently eighteen years old and have prioritized my education a lot more than having fun on the weekends, or caring about how many friends I have which is what we learned in chapter eight. Many teenagers going through puberty crave for attention and being the popular kid. While me on the other hand, only wanted to graduate from high school with honors, which I fortunately accomplished.

The extremes people can go to were explained in the following article, it discusses early adulthood and the importance of developing a sense of self-identification. It explains that early adulthood may be a common time for people to self-harm because it is a period in which people may deal with different social issues, such as bullying and negative self-concept. Although this article provides insight on the different methods a person going through early adulthood with negative self-concept endure in order to deal with the feelings of negativity. Instead of committing suicide they may perform socially accepted constructs with the intent of harming themselves. For example, getting a tattoo or piercing, for the pain and not so much the actual thing. (Breen 1) This idea could become a big issue in society, it makes it less noticeable for others to know if something is going on with a person or if they are dealing with something, because it’s disguised as a social norm. The idea that people cannot be their true selves and it makes them resort to this level is something that is common. It relates back to all of the factors that contribute to self-harm or identity issues. Family issues, lack of confidence, childhood issues, etc. Lack of acceptance is one of the biggest contributing factors that can drive individuals to different extremes. Society reacts to self-harm and suicide in many different ways. Many times people who encounter a situation that involves a person who is

Just like how one must discover and establish their identity and morals throughout adolescence and young adulthood, one must find their voice through writing as well. It is a difficult feat to find the proper sum of humor, seriousness, casualness, pretentiousness, or satire. This is something that everyone struggles with as they routinely take pen to paper. Of course, this is all extremely subjective, but until recently my writing voice sucked. As I climbed the academic ladder, clumsily bouncing from teacher to teacher, I heard many varying opinions about my writing. “It is not light-hearted enough”, “this is too light-hearted, Emily”, “this needs more commas”, “use less commas and just shorten the sentences”, “this is awkward”, “this is eloquent”, and “try harder next time.” I questioned every word that I used, contemplated every sentence structure that I wrote, and second-guessed every idea that I had. I eventually became a writing robot that would methodically piece together papers that were well-received, but I was never proud of. I promised myself that as I entered college, I would change my writing practices, no longer consider only my teacher as the audience, and use my voice. The following that ensues is my initial attempt, successful or not, at following through with my promise.

5.) Adolescents have to find their identity. This can be a challenge for some adolescents, because of the environment surrounding them. Researches have suggested growing up in Western countries is more difficult. In Western countries children are expected to not act like children, but aren’t expected to act like men and women. People in the United States expect their children to be successful, by providing them with name-brand clothing and electronics. However, in non-Western countries children passes through stages. A ritual is preformed to recognize a child turning into an adult. When this happens children receive blessings and spiritual gifts. Most importantly, some children aren’t allowed to live with their mothers after puberty in non-Western countries. All children develop differently. Girls tend to need relationships to feel connected in the environment, while

Key Findings The documents reveals that the results point to a significant association between discrimination and ethnic identity among adolescents. The information in the document shows. It also mentions that this will affect them into their adulthood and possibly affect them for life. It slows there socialisation with people that are not from their ethnic background because they don’t feel comfortable associating with them. They may feel that because they have experienced discriminated before from other people that it may happen again if that person is not from their ethnic background. Although

Through many different era (the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, and Gen Z) comes with different perspectives, and each generation's identity will impact my work as an educator. the Silent Generation, refers to people who were born between 1925 and 1945. This group of individual are not technology savvy, and they look for information through print. This group also brings wisdom and perseverance, and the children who grew up around this time lived by the ''shut up and get the job done method.'' Moreover, the Baby Boomers is a term referring to a person who was born between 1946 and 1964. Since the invention of the first computer ever made was announced in 1964, Baby Boomers were not too accustomed to technology. Although, Baby

People have been celebrations for their coming of age like Quiñceaneras, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, proms, etc. People have been doing these celebrations so they remember these memories since they are celebrating their coming of age. They are benefits that come from these celebrations like the center of attention growing up and maturing during their party, there is also some costs like buying supplies for the party which can be very expensive. These celebrations have benefits and costs for someone going into adulthood.

Within this course I have learned numerous components and life factors that aid in forming a person’s identity. These components are dominant culture and co-culture influences. Many were ascribed to me and some were personally achieved or sought out. The ones in which I associate myself with are not all shared with my peers. Furthermore, I am a 19 year old, white (Euro-American) female raised and living amongst other white (Euro-American) family members. My family would be considered working middle class in the socioeconomic system. Each family member (including me) only speaks American English. We know a few phrases or words in other languages, but could never have a conversation in another language. Moreover, some of the most influential aspects of my identity are my religion and where I was raised geographically speaking, which is shared and taught to me by my family. I am a protestant Christian. Therefore, I use the bible and New Testament as a guide to how I should live and respond to life situations. Therefore, my perspective and outlook on life is through a Christian lens. So there have been times where my religion has created conflict when interacting with others because my religion and faith in Jesus Christ is deeply rooted in my family history and personal identity. Lastly, I have grown up and currently live in a rural country community. I live amongst farmers, hunters, fisherman, and more. Our little farm is surrounded by hundreds of acres of state land 40

I grew up in an average middle-class family, where I attend a public primary school during the early years of my life. Primary school was rather simple reason been most of the pupils were friendly and there was so social division both inside and outside of class. However, once I entered high school life became different with the existence of classes due to boundaries between the well-behaved students who were also classified as middle class and the students who were rude and involve themselves in truancy was considered middle class. During this time, my personality and emotional developments were developing and with the emotional support from my parents my self-identity was enhanced. Which in turn gave me the foundation to become the person I am now. Emotional and Personality development can have a positive outcome on behaviors, learning and the decision that are made in schools this then can lead to a stronger self-identity.