Einladung zum Gastvortrag - Fakultät für Psychologie

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.