Early Adulthood – Social adjustment

SOCIAL INTREST

• Erickson- isolation crisis- lonely time

• Unmarried men (miss their social life enjoyed during

adolescence when there was a group to talk with ) and women
(friends are married)

• Young married adults miss the

adolescent companionship.

• Married adults staying away from family.

• Havighurst – loneliness is because ‘this is a relatively
unorganized period in life which marks transition from an
age-graded to social status graded society’.- establish
themselves, make their own way ,stable social life(get
adjusted to these changes)

• Changes in social participation- Adolescence – (more)

prestige value. Early adulthood-(limited) family centered.
Differ for married and unmarried.

• Changes in friendship – become more selective, fewer but

more intimate friends.

• Changes in social groupings – same degree of friendship in

adolescence continue in adulthood(intimate friends),frequent
friends, voluntary associations.
• Changes in leadership status – ‘once a leader, always a leader’
.Develop their qualities by practice.

SOCIAL HAZARDS

• Many young adults find hazards in their adjustments to the

social group.

• Women with household works and responsibilities may not have

time or money for social activities they
enjoyed before.

• Men with work pressure find difficult to get

associated with social group.
• Even when they have time and money some adult find it difficult
to establish good social relationship due to differences in interest
and values.
• Adults who used to play leadership roles in adolescence now find
it difficult to play the role of follower.
• Socially mobile people face more difficulties to get adjusted .