PSY358 Week 5 - Adult Development and Aging

PSY-358 Adult Development and Aging

Topic 5 Relationships Chart

Directions: Evaluating the expert research, describe the effect each relationship might have on the emotional well-being of an individual. Bullet points are preferred over paragraphs; 25-50 words per box should suffice. Use at least THREE scholarly sources. Include the APA citation within your chart (at least one per row, and some may be repeated) and full references at the end. Your textbook counts as an expert source. Information must be unbiased and relatively current. Once completed, you will answer the follow-up question below.

Choose two more relationships from the list below (or devise your own). Replace the red text with your choices and complete each row of boxes.

· Divorced with children

· Child moving out for college

· Adopting a child

· Fostering a child

· Two working parents

· Grandparenting

Follow-Up Questions:

In 100-200 words per question below, answer each of the following:

· Explain some of your biggest insights from this research activity.

· How might this information guide your relationship decision-making? Consider discussing some "techniques" or practices that overlapped between rows.

· Based on this topic’s material, how would you define a "healthy" relationship? Justify.

· Speak with someone who has been in a healthy long-term partnership for at least five years. What do they attribute the success to? How does their response(s) line up with the expert advice in the above chart? Explain.