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Personality Patterns
Psychopathology
• Worldwide, adults are more likely to have an episode of mental
illness during emerging adulthood than during any later time.
Diathesis–Stress Model
• The view that psychological disorders, are produced by the
interaction of a genetic vulnerability (the diathesis) and stressful
environmental factors and life events.
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• Each particular psychopathology has a developmental
trajectory, becoming more common at certain ages than at
others.
• In addition to substance use disorders, specific other
problems—including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and
schizophrenia—are more likely to appear in emerging
adulthood.
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Identity and Intimacy
Identity Achieved
• The search for identity (see Chapter 10) still begins at puberty,
but it continues much longer.
• Most emerging adults are still seeking to determine who they
are.
• Erikson believed that, at each stage, the outcome of earlier
crises provides the foundation of each new era.
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Ethnic Identity
• About half of the 18- to 25-year-olds identify with very specific
ethnic groups.
• More than any other age group, emerging adults have friends
with diverse backgrounds.
