Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development – Identity VS Role Confusion

• 13 to our early 20s (Ciccarelli & White, 2015)

• Establish a sense of self, definitions of life and independency

• Feeling lost and miserable, neither knowing who they are nor where they are heading to (Cherry, 2022)

• Sexual and occupation as mentioned by Erikson (Mcleod, 2023)

• Personalities, families, cultures, peers, communication technology and social networking sites (Upreti, 2017)

Conclusion

• Authoritative + secure attachment

• Industrious

• Stress + Perfectionism + Overthinking = Burnout

• Identity VS Role Confusion

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