A longitudinal research on the development of emotional autonomy during adolescence.
Span J Psychol
; 12(1): 66-75, 2009 May.
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The purpose of the present paper was to study the development of emotional autonomy through adolescence analysing its association with family relationships. The development of emotional autonomy involves an increase in adolescents' subjective sense of his or her independence, especially in relation to parents. From some scholars emotional autonomy is a normative manifestation of the detachment process from parents, however, others point out that detachment from parental ties is not the norm, so high level of adolescent emotional autonomy is the consequence of negative family relationships. In our study a sample of 101 adolescents were followed for 5 years, from early to middle adolescence, and completed questionnaires to measure their emotional autonomy and the quality of their family relationships. Our results showed that over the course of adolescence some dimensions of emotional autonomy increase, meanwhile others decrease, so the global level of emotional autonomy global level remains stable. On the other hand, emotional autonomy is associated with negative family relationships, so emotional autonomy, more than a necessary process to become adult, could be indicating an insecure attachment to parents.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Psicología del Adolescente
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Emociones
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Relaciones Familiares
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Individualismo
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Span J Psychol
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido