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Perceived parenting and separation-individuation in Belgian college students: Associations with emotional adjustment

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  • Marie Delhaye
  • Chantal Kempenaers
  • Paul Linkowski
  • Rob Stroobants
  • Luc Goossens

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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. Copyright © 2012 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

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  • Marie Delhaye & Chantal Kempenaers & Paul Linkowski & Rob Stroobants & Luc Goossens, 2012. "Perceived parenting and separation-individuation in Belgian college students: Associations with emotional adjustment," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/169402, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    • Handle: RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/169402
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