Einladung zum Gastvortrag Übergang ins Erwachsenenalter (Individuation, Personality, and Subjective Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood) Prof. Dr. Maja Zupančič Universität Ljubljana Dienstag, 24.3.2015, 16:45 Uhr Fakultät für Psychologie Institut für Angewandte Psychologie: Gesundheit, Entwicklung und Förderung Liebiggasse 5 1010 Wien www.univie.ac.at/Psychologie Audi Max der Universität Wien Universität Hauptgebäude Universitätsring 1 1010 Wien Maja Zupančič will discuss the development of individuation in relation to parents over adolescence/emerging adulthood, the factors affecting aspects of individuation, and their contribution to important developmental outcomes. She will also present recent research findings on personality development and its role in individuation, significant life events, and subjective well-being. Übergang ins Erwachsenenalter (Individuation, Personality, and Subjective Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood) The presentation is related to establishment of (relative) independence from parents and other adults, an important developmental task of adolescence proposed by Havighurst. In contemporary technologically developed societies, the task extends well into emerging adulthood, and it is closely connected to a psychological process of individuation in relation to parents, i.e. gaining autonomy while maintaining relatedness to parents. The basics of the individuation theory will be highlighted and the process of second individuation, which unfolds over adolescence/emerging adulthood will be explained. Differences between developmental contexts of adolescence and emerging adulthood as well as differences between adolescents’ and emerging adults’ psychological resources contributing to the progressive course of individuation will be outlined. Five aspects of individuation found specifically in emerging adulthood will be presented as well as gender differences, and differences in individuation in relation to mother and father. Several individual factors (demographics, transitional markers, and personality) affecting the aspects of individuation will be discussed. The distinction between independence and autonomy will be delineated and the importance of successful individuation for developmental outcomes, such as psychosocial maturity and subjective well-being will be stressed. With respect to its differential contribution to aspects of individuation, personality will be presented from the perspective of the Five Factor Model. Development of the five traits will be introduced briefly, focusing on personality change in emerging adulthood. Along with the role of personality in individuation, its contribution to the prospective (developmentally specific) significant life events, and components of emerging adults’ subjective well-being (the model by Keyes) will be shown.
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