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Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior
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Living with Purpose versus Dying for Meaning: Application to Erik Erikson’s Adolescent Stage of Development

Kalman J Kaplan*
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, United States
*Corresponding Author : Kalman J Kaplan, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, United States, Tel: +3122462932, Email: kalkap@aol.com

Received Date: Nov 24, 2021 / Accepted Date: Dec 08, 2021 / Published Date: Dec 15, 2021

Abstract

This article contrasts developmental and clinical axes to the problem of the adolescent stage as developed by Erik Erikson. We contrast biblical and Graeco- Roman narratives along a two-axis approach of human development to the problem of preventing suicide and promoting life across the lifespan, (i.e., individuation- Deindividuation and attachment-detachment). The present paper applies this approach to adolescence our two-axis view, in contrast, to Erikson, suggests that each stage is entered at the dystonic position (e.g. mistrust) and must be worked though vertically to achieve syntonicity (e.g. trust) necessary to move ahead successfully to the next advanced life stage.

Keywords: Psychology • Adolescent • Suicide • Clinical axes

Citation: Kaplan J, Kalman. “Living with Purpose versus Dying for Meaning: Application to Erik Erikson’s Adolescent Stage of Development.” J Child Adolesc Behav 9 (2021): 428.

Copyright: © 2021 Kaplan KJ. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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