Lamborn S D, Steinberg L
Educational Research and Development Center, University of West Florida, Pensacola 32514.
Child Dev. 1993 Apr;64(2):483-99.
Ryan and Lynch have suggested that emotional autonomy in adolescence, at least as indexed by Steinberg and Silverberg's Emotional Autonomy Scale, is associated with poor family functioning and might therefore be better conceptualized as detachment. In the present study, we contrast adjustment scores among adolescents who differ in both emotional autonomy and perceptions of support in their relationship with their parents. Several thousand adolescents aged 14 through 18 completed Steinberg and Silverberg's emotional autonomy measure, a measure designed to assess the provision of support in the parent-adolescent relationship, and a number of standardized measures of adjustment. Adolescents high in emotional autonomy but low in relationship support show problematic adjustment profiles, consistent with Ryan and Lynch's interpretation of the measure as an index of detachment. Although adolescents high in both emotional autonomy and relationship support report more internal distress and behavior problems than some adolescents, they score higher on measures of psychosocial development and academic competence than their peers. Emotional autonomy in the context of a supportive adolescent-parent relationship may carry some developmental advantages as well as some deleterious consequences suggested by Ryan and Lynch.
瑞安和林奇认为，青少年期的情感自主性，至少按照斯坦伯格和西尔弗伯格的情感自主量表所衡量的那样，与不良的家庭功能相关，因此或许更好地应被概念化为疏离。在本研究中，我们对比了在情感自主性以及对与父母关系中支持的感知方面存在差异的青少年的调适分数。数千名14至18岁的青少年完成了斯坦伯格和西尔弗伯格的情感自主性测量、一项旨在评估亲子关系中支持提供情况的测量，以及多项标准化的调适测量。情感自主性高但关系支持低的青少年呈现出有问题的调适概况，这与瑞安和林奇将该测量解释为疏离指标的观点一致。尽管情感自主性高且关系支持也高的青少年比一些青少年报告了更多的内心困扰和行为问题，但他们在心理社会发展和学业能力测量上的得分比同龄人更高。在支持性的亲子关系背景下，情感自主性可能既有瑞安和林奇所指出的一些发展优势，也有一些有害后果。
