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Case Study: Jay is a 36-year-old white male who lives in Seattle. He lives with his wife Berta, his daughter Sam, his son Matt, and his father-in-law Ron who are 35, 17, 14, and 70 respectively. While Jay has good intentions and a good heart, he is extremely insecure, has a very low self-esteem, and has an average IQ. He was employed at an advertising agency for some time, but was eventually fired because of poor performance. Even with him getting fired, the family is still middle-class because Berta is a prominent veterinarian in the city, and Ron has money that he says is from savings and retirement. Jay struggles to make friends or form relationships with anyone even though he wants to, and he does not really have any hobbies because he cannot seem to be good at anything that he tries.Jay and Berta's marriage is constantly strained and full of conflict. The only reason the two got married in the first place is because they had unprotected sex on prom night, and Berta got pregnant with Sam. They thought about having an abortion, but they got a flat tire on the way to the clinic, and Jay was able to talk her out of it. This made Ron hate Jay and shun Berta out of his life; he severed contact with the two for many years. While he has now moved back in with the family, he still holds major resentment toward Jay. Jay's attempts to be the patriarch of the family are constantly shot down by Ron because he believes that Jay is too stupid and not enough of a man to make decisions for the family; Berta usually takes her father's side because she is terrified to lose him again. Ron and Berta are also both violent alcoholics, and their attacks
on Jay are very aggressive. A couple of times when Berta was drunk, she would "accidentally" strike the children, but Jay was too scared to do anything about it. Jay has a short affair with and he actually feels happy for once. erta does find out about the affair, but for some reason just forgets about it. The couple goes to marriage therapy at one point, but the therapist claims that their relationship is too toxic and they should have never gotten married.
Along with his strained relationship with his wife, Jay does not have a good relationship with either of his children or his own parents. Sam is embarrassed of him and does not respect him as a man. Whenever he tries to talk to her, she tells him to get a job. While Matt does not
hate his father, he spends most of his time with Ron even though he is a bad influence on him. Matt exclusively goes to his grandfather instead of his dad for life advice and any help with school. Jay did have a normal relationship with his parents, but one Christmas he learns that his mother is having an affair, which his father knows of and accepts. Jay can't handle this information and does not speak to his parents any more after they leave his house.One day, Jay and Berta get a call from Matt's school principal, and he notifies them that Matt has not been attending his classes. They find out that Ron has been pulling him out of school for a while because he thought that Matt was too special for school and wanted him to join him in his drunken adventures. While Jay is talking to Ron about this, Matt defends his grandfather and says that he didn't want to go to school anyway. Jay thinks he will finally get Ron out of the house and tells Berta that it is either him or her father, but Berta chooses her father.
They divorce, and both of the kids stay to live with Berta and Ron. He moves to a dirty, one-bedroom apartment in a violent part of town. Without any money, family, or friends, Jay truly believes that the world would be better off without him, but he is too afraid to commit suicide. Jay does still not have a job and does not have any leads on one either.

Question 1. List any protective factors and risk factors that you can identify in Jay's life (individually, family, community, larger culture/chronosystem).
Question 2. Do the best to assess Jay using the Big Five Personality Traits. Do you think he falls high or low on the spectrum for each? Using this information, hypothesize how Jay's temperament was as a child.
Question 3. Analyze Jay's self-development during Young Adulthood, Early Middle Adulthood, and hypothesize about Late Middle Adulthood. Utilize Erikson, Vaillant, and Gould.
Question 4. Which kind of love do you think Jay and Berta embody? Be specific by utilizing intimacy, passion, and commitment. Discuss how the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are demonstrated in this relationship.
Question 5. Do u think Jay could be suffering from depression? If so, how is the depression affecting his brain? Give specific examples from Badenoch and discuss how these impact Jay's behavior.