PDA: Fifth Psychosexual Stage Genital

• Genital Stage (Puberty to adolescence)


  The onset of puberty causes the libido to become active once again. During the final stage of psychosexual development, the individual develops a strong sexual interest in the opposite sex. This stage begins during puberty but lasts throughout the rest of the persons life.
• In earlier stages the focus was solely on individual needs, interest in the welfare of others grows in this stage. The goal of this stage is to establish a balance between the various forms of life areas.

  If the other stages were completed successfully, the individual should be warm, well-balanced and caring.
• Unresolved conflict at this stage can be expressed here through difficulty forming heterosexual relationships.