Early Childhood & Adolescent Development

Fine (2004) reported that adolescence has been treated as a specific stage of development with specific values, beliefs, and behaviors. However, adolescent identity is more currently viewed as being socially constructed with childhood and adult sources. Fine proposes that adolescence is a transitory temporal period in which individuals create cultural traditions distinctive to this period. Childhood behaviors that are not discarded during adolescence are viewed as inappropriate and adult behaviors are considered enhancing of the self. Adult expectations encourage or discourage behaviors drawing from these two resources. Even within this perspective, however, there are distinct social, emotional, cognitive, and physical aspects that are related to early childhood and adolescence.

Erikson presented psychosocial developmental stages for all ages. For each of these stages the ind

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centers and anchors the individual; faith changes context; and faith serves. Weldon pointed out that faith is not limited to a religion such as Catholicism and it can be practiced even in a large corporation. Faith provides an anchor during change and a refuge from problems and hard times. Effects of enemies such as downsizing and restructuring are reduced, helping workers to look forward to change. This is one of the ways that faith changes the context of the work environment and serves the worker and the employer. Literature Findings Spirituality Effects on Success and Motivation Grant, O'Neil,ßand Stephens (2004) reported that spirituality in the workplace is rarely studied by sociologists and when they do there is a tendency to study organized religion as a point of reference rather than faith. Results of this narrow focus are that corporate settings have been ignored since they are not religious institutions. On the other hand, nurse scholars do study spirituality and work and Grant et al. revealed findings that the sacred can be found in non-religious organizations. Grant et al. (2004) pointed out that spirituality improves patient's emotional and physical well-being and yet nurse spiritual care is for
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