Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
J Psychol. 2012 Jul-Aug;146(4):353-70. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2011.637996.
The present study examined associations among perceived parenting, separation-individuation, and emotional adjustment in a convenience sample of college students in Belgium (N=350; 68% female; aged 18 to 26). In line with a conceptual model advanced in the literature, factor analysis supported the distinction between three dimensions of separation-individuation: overdependence and healthy separation (both of which had already been described in earlier research) and a new dimension, labeled excessive autonomy. Path analysis findings were consistent with a mediational model in which lower quality of perceived parenting predicted more excessive autonomy, which in turn predicted poorer emotional adjustment. In addition, healthy separation predicted superior emotional adjustment, whereas overdependence was not associated with this particular type of adjustment. Implications for current understanding of the process of separation-individuation in college students and of excessive autonomy, in particular, are discussed.
本研究在比利时便利样本大学生（N=350；68%女性；年龄 18 至 26 岁）中考察了感知到的父母教养、分离个体化和情绪适应之间的关系。与文献中提出的概念模型一致，因素分析支持分离个体化的三个维度之间的区分：过度依赖和健康分离（这两者在早期研究中已经被描述过）和一个新的维度，称为过度自主。路径分析结果与中介模型一致，即感知到的父母教养质量较低预示着过度自主，而过度自主反过来又预示着情绪适应较差。此外，健康的分离预示着更好的情绪适应，而过度依赖与这种特殊类型的适应无关。讨论了对大学生分离个体化过程以及特别是过度自主的当前理解的影响。
