'Why do they have to grow up so fast?' Parental separation anxiety and emerging adults' pathology of separation-individuation.
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| Title: | 'Why do they have to grow up so fast?' Parental separation anxiety and emerging adults' pathology of separation-individuation. |
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| Authors: | Kins, Evie (AUTHOR), Soenens, Bart (AUTHOR), Beyers, Wim (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Clinical Psychology. Jul2011, Vol. 67 Issue 7, p647-664. 18p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Separation anxiety, Separation-individuation, Separation anxiety in adolescence, Psychodynamics, Personality development, Conflict (Psychology) in adolescence, Psychosocial factors |
| Abstract: | This study examined associations between parental separation anxiety, controlling parenting, and difficulties in the separation-individuation process, as manifested in separation-individuation pathology. In a sample of emerging adults involved in the process of home leaving ( N=232) and their parents, it was found that parental separation anxiety is positively related to separation-individuation pathology in emerging adults. Dependency-oriented controlling parenting served as an intervening variable in the relationship between parents' feelings of separation anxiety and pathology of the separation-individuation process in emerging adults. These associations were not moderated by emerging adults' residential status (i.e., living with parents or (semi-)independently), suggesting that parental characteristics and behaviors remain important antecedents of separation-individuation pathology even when one no longer lives in the parental household. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67:1-18, 2011. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | This study examined associations between parental separation anxiety, controlling parenting, and difficulties in the separation-individuation process, as manifested in separation-individuation pathology. In a sample of emerging adults involved in the process of home leaving ( N=232) and their parents, it was found that parental separation anxiety is positively related to separation-individuation pathology in emerging adults. Dependency-oriented controlling parenting served as an intervening variable in the relationship between parents' feelings of separation anxiety and pathology of the separation-individuation process in emerging adults. These associations were not moderated by emerging adults' residential status (i.e., living with parents or (semi-)independently), suggesting that parental characteristics and behaviors remain important antecedents of separation-individuation pathology even when one no longer lives in the parental household. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67:1-18, 2011. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00219762 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jclp.20786 |
