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«Emerging Adulthood»: Forschungsbefunde zu objektiven Markern, Entwicklungsaufgaben und Entwicklungsrisiken

Published Online:June 24, 2015https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-4747/a000236

Abstract

Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt zunächst Charakteristiken der neu entdeckten Entwicklungsphase «Emerging Adulthood» (18 bis 30 Jahre) vor und fasst dann Forschungsbefunde zu wichtigen Entwicklungsbereichen wie Auszug, Partnerschaft, Beruf und Identitätsentwicklung mit Schwerpunkt auf deutschen Studien und Statistiken dar. Die neuen Herausforderungen bringen trotz der Verlängerung der Zeitspanne bis zur Realisierung bestimmter Entwicklungsaufgaben einen erheblichen Entwicklungsdruck und Zukunftsangst mit sich, die sich in einer zunehmenden Symptombelastung bemerkbar machen, auf den unser Versorgungssystem noch nicht eingestellt ist. Kinder- und Jugend- und die Erwachsenenpsychiatrie/-psychotherapie müssen neue Modelle entwickeln, um integrativ mit diesen Herausforderungen umzugehen.


“Emerging Adulthood”: Research on objective markers, developmental tasks and developmental risks

This paper presents characteristics of the newly discovered development phase “emerging adulthood” (18 to 30 years) and then summarizes research findings on key development tasks such as leaving home, partnership, occupation and identity development, focusing on German studies and statistics. Despite the increase in the length of time allotted to the realization of certain development tasks, the new challenges leads to a significant development pressure and fear of the future, which is manifested in an increased symptomatology. Children and youth as well as adult psychiatry/psychotherapy must develop new models to deal with these challenges in an integrative way.

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