Adulthood paper

If you are between the ages of 18-23 and would like to answer these questions please post them as a comment.

1. Name?
2. Age?
3. Gender?
4. Religion/ethnic background?
5. What are your current living arrangements?
6. Marital status?
7. Parental status? (have kids?)
8. Employment status?
9. What are your short term goals? (5 years)

10. Long term goals? (25 years)

11. At what age do you consider someone to be an adult?
12. What criteria do you use to judge that someone is an adult? (e.g. age, has a job, marriage, takes responsibility, financially independent, becomes a parent, etc.)

13. What developmental tasks do you believe need to be accomplished during the transition period (of adolescence to adulthood)? (e.g. finding a romantic partner, choosing a career path, developing political or religious point of view, participating in the community, etc.)


14. Do you consider yourself an adult?
A. If yes, why?
B. If no, why?
15. What are some of the major challenges you face as you move from adolescences to adulthood?

16. How is your life changing as a result of becoming an adult? (positive and negative consequences)

17. What kinds of support do you have or wish were available for you during this transition?

18. Do you believe you have a solid sense of identity or is your sense of self still evolving during this phase in your life?
A. If you have a solid sense of identity, when did you believe you had achieved this milestone?
1. Give a one to two sentence description of yourself (with respect to identity).
B. If your identity is still emerging, describe yourself (with respect to identity) as you see yourself in this moment.