Transitions through adult life

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Part 1 : young adulthood -- Coming on strong : the widening perspective -- Clashing with society : the idealistic pattern -- Avenue to adulthood : the tasks of transition and the choice of a vocation -- The tunnel of love : the intimacy need -- Down lover's lane : from courtship to parenthood -- Strolling single street : single-hood and divorce -- The valley of decision : establishing individual identity -- Climbing Kohlberg's ladder : moral development -- The road to faith development : freedom, relativism, and internalization -- The loss of a little one : infertility and the death of one's child -- Part 2 : middle adulthood -- The churning point : midlife crises -- Changing lanes : generativity and polarities -- In the savage woods : faith development -- Vibrations and tremors : vocational problems and teen troubles -- Aging lovebirds and empty nests : physical changes and marital matters -- Living after death : grief and widowhood -- Getting it from both ends : delinquent teenagers and dependent parents -- Part 3 : older adulthood -- Older or better? Attitudes toward aging -- Enter stage last : becoming a senior citizen -- Keeping it all together : integrity vs. despair -- The downhill side : coping with loss and psychological disorders -- Taking care of the old equipment : physical changes -- Retirement : retiring, not retreating -- Grandparenting : a grand opportunity -- Deceased or deserted : death and divorce in old age -- Institutionalization : next to last steps.