Ryan R M, Lynch J H
University of Rochester.
Child Dev. 1989 Apr;60(2):340-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1989.tb02720.x.
3 studies reexamine Steinberg and Silverberg's construct of "emotional autonomy" (EA) in adolescent and young adult samples. We argue that rather than measuring either autonomy or independence, EA represents emotional detachment from parents. In Study 1, EA is shown to be negatively associated with early adolescents' (n = 148) reported quality of attachment to parents, but not to friends. In Study 2, EA is shown to be positively related to experienced parental rejection but largely unrelated to perceived independence-support in a high school sample (n = 193). In Study 3, EA in young adults (n = 104) is inversely related to measures of family cohesion, parental acceptance, independence support, and self-perceived lovability. Finally, a projective measure of parental nurturance taken by a subsample of subjects (n = 58) was associated negatively with EA but positively with perceived lovability. Discussion concerns the conceptualization of attachment versus detachment, dependence, and autonomy in theories of adolescence.
3项研究重新审视了斯坦伯格和西尔弗伯格在青少年和青年样本中提出的“情感自主性”（EA）概念。我们认为，EA并非衡量自主性或独立性，而是代表与父母的情感疏离。在研究1中，EA与青少年早期（n = 148）报告的与父母的依恋质量呈负相关，但与朋友的依恋质量无关。在研究2中，EA与高中样本（n = 193）中经历的父母拒绝呈正相关，但与感知到的独立支持基本无关。在研究3中，青年（n = 104）的EA与家庭凝聚力、父母接纳、独立支持和自我感知的可爱程度的测量结果呈负相关。最后，部分受试者（n = 58）进行的父母养育的投射测量与EA呈负相关，但与感知到的可爱程度呈正相关。讨论涉及青少年理论中依恋与疏离、依赖和自主性的概念化。
