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Adolescents’ True-Self Behavior and Parent-Adolescent Boundary Dissolution: The Mediating Role of Rejection Sensitivity

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  • Limor Goldner

    (University of Haifa)

  • Ayelet Abir

    (University of Haifa)

  • Carren Shira Sachar

    (University of Haifa)

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The construction of a coherent true self is one of the central processes in adolescents’ lives that relates to their well-being. However, little is known about the factors that contribute to its construction. The current study explored the contribution of parents-adolescent boundary dissolution and rejection sensitivity to true-self behavior and motives for false-self behavior in a sample of Israeli early to mid-adolescents (N = 351, Mean age = 14.00). The findings indicated that triangulation was negatively correlated with true-self behavior with mother, father, and classmates, and positively with motives for false-self behavior with parents and classmates. Psychological control and guilt induction were negatively correlated with adolescents’ true-self behavior with father and positively with motives for false-self behavior with parents and classmates, whereas parentification was negatively correlated with adolescents’ true-self behavior with father and positively with motives for false-self behavior with classmates. Adolescents’ expectations of anticipated rejection were negatively correlated with true-self behavior with mother, father, and classmates, and positively correlated with motives for false-self behavior with parents and classmates. Adolescents’ rejection sensitivity mediated the link between boundary dissolution and adolescents’ motives for false-self behavior. The findings highlight the role of rejection sensitivity as a mechanism through which a dissolution of boundaries contributes to Israeli adolescents’ false-self construction.

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  • Limor Goldner & Ayelet Abir & Carren Shira Sachar, 2017. "Adolescents’ True-Self Behavior and Parent-Adolescent Boundary Dissolution: The Mediating Role of Rejection Sensitivity," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 10(2), pages 381-402, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:10:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s12187-016-9379-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-016-9379-x
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    1. Jacinda K. Dariotis & Frances R. Chen & Ye Rang Park & Montana K. Nowak & Katherine M. French & Anisa M. Codamon, 2023. "Parentification Vulnerability, Reactivity, Resilience, and Thriving: A Mixed Methods Systematic Literature Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(13), pages 1-66, June.

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