The journal article Socio-emotional development: from infancy to young adulthood that I found in the University Library is a good source because it touches on the social issues of adults and what causes social anxiety and other issues. The article focuses on the Uppsala Longitudinal Study, which in 1985 collected data on 96 children nine years of age. The children's social development was then studied and compared as they became teenagers. Finally in 1997 when they were 21 years of age, the study compared their current social anxiety issues to how each of them were raised, what activities they participated in, and what social issues were still prevalent from the time they were 9 until they were 21 years old. The study found that children placed in non-parent day care showed much less social anxiety issues than children that did not participate in day care. The amount of social interaction that children receive at a young age, results in how socially active young and older adults are as they grow up. Shyness and inhibition plays a huge role in socialization and social anxiety. More sheltered children not encouraged to socialize may grow up to be anti-social as adults. The reason I chose this reference as a credible source is because it is not only peer reviewed and from a credible journal of psychology, but also because it focuses on how the social issues of adults is created, by the socialization of the children who grow up to be adults. Researching and locating the root cause of social anxiety has to start with the child and then continue with the social interactions that they face from children to adults. An adult's temperament is created by how comfortable they are around other people. If they are shy or withdrawn and lack skills necessary to socialize properly, there is a good chance that something that happened to them as children or teenagers may have affected the way that they now act as young adults. This article provides a superior example of how social anxiety is created within a child and how that anxiety is carried with them into adulthood. I would find this article to be a very credible and relevant source in researching for an essay on social issues in adults.
Bohlin, G., & Hagekull, B. (2009, Dec). Socio-emotional development: from infancy to young adulthood. Scandinavian Journal Of Psychology, 50(), 592-601.