Szwedo David E, Hessel Elenda T, Loeb Emily L, Hafen Christopher A, Allen Joseph P
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
Dev Psychol. 2017 May;53(5):949-961. doi: 10.1037/dev0000277. Epub 2017 Mar 30.
The potential importance of depending on others during adolescence to establish independence in young adulthood was examined across adolescence to emerging adulthood. Participants included 184 teens (46% male; 42% non-White), their mothers, best friends, and romantic partners, assessed at ages 13-14, 18, 21-22, and 25. Path analyses showed that associations were both partner and age specific: markers of independence were predicted by participants' efforts to seek support from mothers at age 13, best friends at 18, and romantic partners at 21. More important, analyses controlled for support seeking from these partners at other ages, as well as for other potentially confounding variables including attachment security, scholastic/job competence, and physical attractiveness over time. Moreover, analyses suggested the transfer of support seeking behavior from mothers to best friends to romantic partners over time based on support given by the previous partner at an earlier age. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究对从青春期到成年早期这一阶段进行了考察，探究了青少年时期依赖他人对成年早期建立独立性的潜在重要性。研究参与者包括184名青少年（46%为男性；42%为非白人），以及他们的母亲、最好的朋友和恋爱伴侣，研究在他们13 - 14岁、18岁、21 - 22岁和25岁时进行评估。路径分析表明，这种关联既因伴侣而异，也因年龄而异：独立性的标志可由参与者在13岁时向母亲寻求支持、18岁时向最好的朋友寻求支持以及21岁时向恋爱伴侣寻求支持的努力来预测。更重要的是，分析控制了在其他年龄向这些伴侣寻求支持的情况，以及其他潜在的混杂变量，包括依恋安全性、学业/工作能力和随时间变化的外貌吸引力。此外，分析表明，随着时间的推移，基于前一伴侣在更早年龄给予的支持，寻求支持的行为会从母亲转移到最好的朋友再转移到恋爱伴侣。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》 ）
