Developmental indices among Central American immigrants exposed to war-related trauma: clinical implications for counselors.(Research)

Life span developmental theory posits that human beings unfold along a predictable, epigenetic course within the confines of their biopsychosocial realities (Erikson, 1959 1964) According to Erikson (1959 1964) human beings address various developmental tasks quite through life, a process that includes developing a faculty of perception of trust in self and others, a faculty of perception of self as a separate and autonomous individual, and a faculty of perception of self in relation to other tribe More recently, developmental theorists assert that the trajectory for disentanglement varies from individual to individual according