McElhaney K B, Allen J P
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22903-4400, USA.
Child Dev. 2001 Jan-Feb;72(1):220-35. doi: 10.1111/1467-8624.00275.
This study examined the moderating effect of risk on the relation between autonomy processes and family and adolescent functioning. The present sample comprised 131 adolescents from either a low-risk or high-risk social context, their mothers, and their peers. Observational ratings of autonomy processes within the mother-adolescent dyad were obtained, along with adolescent reports of the quality of the mother-adolescent relationship, and both adolescent and peer reports of the adolescent's functioning. Consistent with past research, in low-risk families, behavior undermining autonomy was negatively related to relationship quality, and adolescents' expressions of autonomy were linked with positive indices of social functioning. In high-risk families, however, undermining of autonomy was positively linked with mother-adolescent relationship quality, and adolescents' expressions of autonomy were linked with negative indices of social functioning. Results are interpreted as demonstrating the ways in which the developmental task of attaining autonomy in adolescence is systematically altered depending on the level of risk and challenge in the adolescent's social context.
本研究考察了风险对自主过程与家庭及青少年功能之间关系的调节作用。本样本包括来自低风险或高风险社会环境的131名青少年、他们的母亲以及他们的同龄人。获取了母婴二元组中自主过程的观察评分，以及青少年对母婴关系质量的报告，还有青少年及其同龄人对青少年功能的报告。与过去的研究一致，在低风险家庭中，破坏自主性的行为与关系质量呈负相关，青少年的自主表达与社会功能的积极指标相关联。然而，在高风险家庭中，自主性的破坏与母婴关系质量呈正相关，青少年的自主表达与社会功能的消极指标相关联。研究结果被解释为表明了青少年在青春期实现自主这一发展任务是如何根据青少年社会环境中的风险和挑战水平而系统性地改变的。
