Multiple Roles -- EDPR 7/8112 Adolescence Sec. 001 0500-0800 R

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Date Posted: 11:04:28 03/19/07 Mon
Author: Tish Colvin
Subject: Multiple Roles

I'm also taking the Midlife and Adult Development course this semester. I just finished reading an article about emotional development and the midlife crisis myth. The article touched on a few issues relevant to this week's Chapter 5 reading: The Adolescent book says self-understanding is somewhat based on different roles people play (i.e. athlete, student, daughter, etc.). Interestingly, the midlife reading said the more social identities/roles a person has, the lower his/her psychological distress.

And, as has been noted several times in this course, peers are very important. The midlife reading said a "less dense social network" (in other words if you know a lot of different kinds of people)is better for mental health when you're faced with trauma (compared to a tight-knit group). If I understood the authors correctly they explained this by saying if you're in a small group of friends everyone knows what has happened to you. In contrast, if you know many people you can sometimes escape from the trauma you've faced (because those people don't know exactly what happened to you) and just be who you were prior to the trauma. Friends are obviously influential in adolescence but also remain important throughout our lifetime.

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