{"id":332,"date":"2014-09-28T02:30:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T02:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/lifespandevelopment1x1\/?post_type=chapter&p=332"},"modified":"2016-03-16T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:01:26","slug":"physical-development-3","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-lifespandevelopment2\/chapter\/physical-development-3\/","title":{"raw":"Physical Development","rendered":"Physical Development"},"content":{"raw":"\"aThe Physiological Peak<\/strong>:\u00a0People in their twenties and thirties are considered young adults.\u00a0If you are in your early twenties, good news-you are probably at the peak of your physiological development.\u00a0Your reproductive system, motor ability, strength, and lung capacity are operating at their best.\u00a0Now here is the bad news.\u00a0These systems will now start a slow, gradual decline so that by the time you reach your mid to late 30s, you will begin to notice signs of aging. This includes a decline in your immune system, your response time, and in your ability to recover quickly from physical exertion.\u00a0For example, you may have noticed that it takes you quite some time to stop panting after running to class or taking the stairs.\u00a0But, here is more good news.\u00a0Getting out of shape is not an inevitable part of aging; it is probably due to the fact that you have become less physically active and have experienced greater stress.\u00a0How is that good news, you ask?\u00a0It\u2019s good news because it means that there are thing you can do to combat many of these changes.\u00a0So keep in mind, as we continue to discuss the life span that many of the changes we associate with aging can be turned around if we adopt healthier lifestyles.\r\n\r\nA Healthy, but Risky Time<\/strong>:\u00a0Doctor\u2019s visits are less frequent in early adulthood than for those in midlife and late adulthood and are necessitated primarily by injury and pregnancy (Berger, 2005).\u00a0However, among the top five causes of death in young adulthood are non-intentional injury (including motor vehicle accidents), homicide, and suicide (Heron, M. P. & B. L. Smith, 2007).\u00a0Cancer and heart disease complete the list.\u00a0Rates of violent death (homicide, suicide, and accidents) are highest among young adult males, and vary among by race and ethnicity.\u00a0Rates of violent death are higher in the United States than in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and other selected countries.\u00a0 Males are 3 times more likely to die in auto accidents than are females (Frieden, 2011).\r\n\r\nSubstance Abuse<\/strong>:\u00a0Rates of violent death are influenced by substance abuse which peaks during early adulthood.\u00a0Illicit drug use peaks between the ages of 19 and 22 and then begins to decline (Berk, 2007). And twenty-five percent of those who smoke cigarettes, a third of those who smoke marijuana, and 70 percent of those who abuse cocaine began using after age 17 (Volkow, 2004). \u00a0Some young adults use as a way of coping with stressors from family, personal relationships, or concerns over being on one\u2019s own.\u00a0Others use because they have friends who use and in the early 20s, there is still a good deal of pressure to conform.\u00a0Half of all alcohol consumed in the United States is in the form of binge drinking (Frieden, 2011).\r\n\r\nDrugs impair judgment, reduce inhibitions, and alter mood, all of which can lead to dangerous behavior.\u00a0Reckless driving, violent altercations, and forced sexual encounters are some examples.\u00a0Binge drinking on college campuses has received considerable media and public attention.\u00a0The role alcohol plays in predicting acquaintance rape on college campuses is of particular concern.\u00a0In the majority of cases of rape, the victim knows the rapist.\u00a0Being intoxicated increases a female\u2019s risk of being the victim of date or acquaintance rape (Fisher et als. in Carroll, 2007).\u00a0And, she is more likely to blame herself and to be blamed by others if she was intoxicated when raped.\u00a0Males increase their risk of being accused of rape if they are drunk when an incidence occurred (Carroll, 2007).\r\n\r\nDrug and alcohol use increase the risk of sexually transmitted infections because people are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior when under the influence.\u00a0This includes having sex with someone who has had multiple partners, having anal sex without the use of a condom, having multiple partners, or having sex with someone whose history is unknown.\u00a0And, as we previously discussed in our lesson on Beginnings, drugs and alcohol ingested during pregnancy have a teratogenic effect.\r\n

Sexual Responsiveness and Reproduction in Early Adulthood<\/h2>\r\nSexual Responsiveness<\/strong>:\u00a0Men and women tend to reach their peak of sexual responsiveness at different ages.\u00a0For men, sexual responsiveness tends to peak in the late teens and early twenties.\u00a0Sexual arousal can easily occur in response to physical stimulation or fantasizing.\u00a0Sexual responsiveness begins a slow decline in the late twenties and into the thirties although a man may continue to be sexually active.\u00a0Through time, a man may require more intense stimulation in order to become aroused.\u00a0Women\u00a0often find that they become more sexually responsive throughout their 20s and 30s and may peak in the late 30s or early 40s.\u00a0This is likely due to greater self-confidence and reduced inhibitions about sexuality.\r\n\r\nReproduction<\/strong>:\u00a0For many couples, early adulthood is the time for having children.\u00a0However, delaying childbearing until the late 20s or early 30s has become more common in the United States.\r\n\r\nCouples delay childbearing for a number of reasons.\u00a0Women are more likely to attend college and begin careers before starting families.\u00a0And both men and women are delaying marriage until they are in their late 20s and early 30s.\r\n\r\nInfertility<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Infertility affects about 6.1 million women or 10 percent of the reproductive age population (American Society of Reproductive Medicine [ASRM], 2000-2007).\u00a0Male factors create infertility in about a third of the cases.\u00a0For men, the most common cause is a lack of sperm production or low sperm production.\u00a0\u00a0Female factors cause infertility in another third of cases.\u00a0For women, one of the most common causes of infertility is the failure to ovulate.\u00a0Another cause of infertility is pelvic inflammatory disease, an infection of the female genital tract (Carroll, 2007).\u00a0Pelvic inflammatory disease is experienced by 1 out of 7 women in the United States and leads to infertility about 20 percent of the time.\u00a0One of the major causes of pelvic inflammatory disease is Chlamydia trachomatis, the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection in young women.\u00a0Another cause of pelvic inflammatory disease is gonorrhea.\u00a0Both male and female factors contribute to the remainder of cases of infertility.\r\n\r\nFertility treatment<\/strong>:\u00a0The majority of infertility cases (85-90 percent) are treated using fertility drugs to increase ovulation or with surgical procedures to repair the reproductive organs or remove scar tissue from the reproductive tract. \u00a0In vitro fertilization\u00a0is used to treat infertility in less than 5 percent of cases.\u00a0IVF is used when a woman has blocked or deformed fallopian tubes or sometimes when a man has a very low sperm count.\u00a0This procedure involves removing eggs from the female and fertilizing the eggs outside the woman\u2019s body.\u00a0The fertilized egg is then reinserted in the woman\u2019s uterus.\u00a0The average cost of IVF is over $12,000 and the success rate is between 5 to 30 percent.\u00a0IVF makes up about 99 percent of artificial reproductive procedures.\r\n\r\nLess common procedures include\u00a0gamete intra-fallopian tube transfer\u00a0(GIFT) which involves implanting both sperm and ova into the fallopian tube and fertilization is allowed to occur naturally.\u00a0The success rate of implantation is higher for GIFT than for IVF (Carroll, 2007).\u00a0Zygote intra-fallopian tube transfer\u00a0(ZIFT) is another procedure in which sperm and ova are fertilized outside of the woman\u2019s body and the fertilized egg or zygote is then implanted in the fallopian tube.\u00a0This allows the zygote to travel down the fallopian tube and embed in the lining of the uterus naturally.\u00a0This procedure also has a higher success rate than IVF.\r\n\r\nInsurance coverage for infertility is required in fourteen states, but the amount and type of coverage available varies greatly (ASRM, 2000-2007).\u00a0The majority of couples\u00a0seeking treatment for infertility\u00a0pay much of the cost.\u00a0Consequently, infertility treatment is much more accessible to couples with higher incomes.\u00a0However, grants and funding sources are available for lower income couples seeking infertility treatment as well.","rendered":"

\"aThe Physiological Peak<\/strong>:\u00a0People in their twenties and thirties are considered young adults.\u00a0If you are in your early twenties, good news-you are probably at the peak of your physiological development.\u00a0Your reproductive system, motor ability, strength, and lung capacity are operating at their best.\u00a0Now here is the bad news.\u00a0These systems will now start a slow, gradual decline so that by the time you reach your mid to late 30s, you will begin to notice signs of aging. This includes a decline in your immune system, your response time, and in your ability to recover quickly from physical exertion.\u00a0For example, you may have noticed that it takes you quite some time to stop panting after running to class or taking the stairs.\u00a0But, here is more good news.\u00a0Getting out of shape is not an inevitable part of aging; it is probably due to the fact that you have become less physically active and have experienced greater stress.\u00a0How is that good news, you ask?\u00a0It\u2019s good news because it means that there are thing you can do to combat many of these changes.\u00a0So keep in mind, as we continue to discuss the life span that many of the changes we associate with aging can be turned around if we adopt healthier lifestyles.<\/p>\n

A Healthy, but Risky Time<\/strong>:\u00a0Doctor\u2019s visits are less frequent in early adulthood than for those in midlife and late adulthood and are necessitated primarily by injury and pregnancy (Berger, 2005).\u00a0However, among the top five causes of death in young adulthood are non-intentional injury (including motor vehicle accidents), homicide, and suicide (Heron, M. P. & B. L. Smith, 2007).\u00a0Cancer and heart disease complete the list.\u00a0Rates of violent death (homicide, suicide, and accidents) are highest among young adult males, and vary among by race and ethnicity.\u00a0Rates of violent death are higher in the United States than in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and other selected countries.\u00a0 Males are 3 times more likely to die in auto accidents than are females (Frieden, 2011).<\/p>\n

Substance Abuse<\/strong>:\u00a0Rates of violent death are influenced by substance abuse which peaks during early adulthood.\u00a0Illicit drug use peaks between the ages of 19 and 22 and then begins to decline (Berk, 2007). And twenty-five percent of those who smoke cigarettes, a third of those who smoke marijuana, and 70 percent of those who abuse cocaine began using after age 17 (Volkow, 2004). \u00a0Some young adults use as a way of coping with stressors from family, personal relationships, or concerns over being on one\u2019s own.\u00a0Others use because they have friends who use and in the early 20s, there is still a good deal of pressure to conform.\u00a0Half of all alcohol consumed in the United States is in the form of binge drinking (Frieden, 2011).<\/p>\n

Drugs impair judgment, reduce inhibitions, and alter mood, all of which can lead to dangerous behavior.\u00a0Reckless driving, violent altercations, and forced sexual encounters are some examples.\u00a0Binge drinking on college campuses has received considerable media and public attention.\u00a0The role alcohol plays in predicting acquaintance rape on college campuses is of particular concern.\u00a0In the majority of cases of rape, the victim knows the rapist.\u00a0Being intoxicated increases a female\u2019s risk of being the victim of date or acquaintance rape (Fisher et als. in Carroll, 2007).\u00a0And, she is more likely to blame herself and to be blamed by others if she was intoxicated when raped.\u00a0Males increase their risk of being accused of rape if they are drunk when an incidence occurred (Carroll, 2007).<\/p>\n

Drug and alcohol use increase the risk of sexually transmitted infections because people are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior when under the influence.\u00a0This includes having sex with someone who has had multiple partners, having anal sex without the use of a condom, having multiple partners, or having sex with someone whose history is unknown.\u00a0And, as we previously discussed in our lesson on Beginnings, drugs and alcohol ingested during pregnancy have a teratogenic effect.<\/p>\n

Sexual Responsiveness and Reproduction in Early Adulthood<\/h2>\n

Sexual Responsiveness<\/strong>:\u00a0Men and women tend to reach their peak of sexual responsiveness at different ages.\u00a0For men, sexual responsiveness tends to peak in the late teens and early twenties.\u00a0Sexual arousal can easily occur in response to physical stimulation or fantasizing.\u00a0Sexual responsiveness begins a slow decline in the late twenties and into the thirties although a man may continue to be sexually active.\u00a0Through time, a man may require more intense stimulation in order to become aroused.\u00a0Women\u00a0often find that they become more sexually responsive throughout their 20s and 30s and may peak in the late 30s or early 40s.\u00a0This is likely due to greater self-confidence and reduced inhibitions about sexuality.<\/p>\n

Reproduction<\/strong>:\u00a0For many couples, early adulthood is the time for having children.\u00a0However, delaying childbearing until the late 20s or early 30s has become more common in the United States.<\/p>\n

Couples delay childbearing for a number of reasons.\u00a0Women are more likely to attend college and begin careers before starting families.\u00a0And both men and women are delaying marriage until they are in their late 20s and early 30s.<\/p>\n

Infertility<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Infertility affects about 6.1 million women or 10 percent of the reproductive age population (American Society of Reproductive Medicine [ASRM], 2000-2007).\u00a0Male factors create infertility in about a third of the cases.\u00a0For men, the most common cause is a lack of sperm production or low sperm production.\u00a0\u00a0Female factors cause infertility in another third of cases.\u00a0For women, one of the most common causes of infertility is the failure to ovulate.\u00a0Another cause of infertility is pelvic inflammatory disease, an infection of the female genital tract (Carroll, 2007).\u00a0Pelvic inflammatory disease is experienced by 1 out of 7 women in the United States and leads to infertility about 20 percent of the time.\u00a0One of the major causes of pelvic inflammatory disease is Chlamydia trachomatis, the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection in young women.\u00a0Another cause of pelvic inflammatory disease is gonorrhea.\u00a0Both male and female factors contribute to the remainder of cases of infertility.<\/p>\n

Fertility treatment<\/strong>:\u00a0The majority of infertility cases (85-90 percent) are treated using fertility drugs to increase ovulation or with surgical procedures to repair the reproductive organs or remove scar tissue from the reproductive tract. \u00a0In vitro fertilization\u00a0is used to treat infertility in less than 5 percent of cases.\u00a0IVF is used when a woman has blocked or deformed fallopian tubes or sometimes when a man has a very low sperm count.\u00a0This procedure involves removing eggs from the female and fertilizing the eggs outside the woman\u2019s body.\u00a0The fertilized egg is then reinserted in the woman\u2019s uterus.\u00a0The average cost of IVF is over $12,000 and the success rate is between 5 to 30 percent.\u00a0IVF makes up about 99 percent of artificial reproductive procedures.<\/p>\n

Less common procedures include\u00a0gamete intra-fallopian tube transfer\u00a0(GIFT) which involves implanting both sperm and ova into the fallopian tube and fertilization is allowed to occur naturally.\u00a0The success rate of implantation is higher for GIFT than for IVF (Carroll, 2007).\u00a0Zygote intra-fallopian tube transfer\u00a0(ZIFT) is another procedure in which sperm and ova are fertilized outside of the woman\u2019s body and the fertilized egg or zygote is then implanted in the fallopian tube.\u00a0This allows the zygote to travel down the fallopian tube and embed in the lining of the uterus naturally.\u00a0This procedure also has a higher success rate than IVF.<\/p>\n

Insurance coverage for infertility is required in fourteen states, but the amount and type of coverage available varies greatly (ASRM, 2000-2007).\u00a0The majority of couples\u00a0seeking treatment for infertility\u00a0pay much of the cost.\u00a0Consequently, infertility treatment is much more accessible to couples with higher incomes.\u00a0However, grants and funding sources are available for lower income couples seeking infertility treatment as well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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