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01-07-2013 | Empirical Research

The Jingle–Jangle Fallacy in Adolescent Autonomy in the Family: In Search of an Underlying Structure

Auteurs: Stijn Van Petegem, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Wim Beyers

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 7/2013

Abstract

The construct of autonomy has a rich, though quite controversial, history in adolescent psychology. The present investigation aimed to clarify the meaning and measurement of adolescent autonomy in the family. Based on theory and previous research, we examined whether two dimensions would underlie a wide range of autonomy-related measures, using data from two adolescent samples (N = 707, 51 % girls, and N = 783, 59 % girls, age range = 14–21 years). Clear evidence was found for a two-dimensional structure, with the first dimension reflecting “volition versus pressure”, that is, the degree to which adolescents experience a sense of volition and choice as opposed to feelings of pressure and coercion in the parent–adolescent relationship. The second dimension reflected “distance versus proximity”, which involves the degree of interpersonal distance in the parent-adolescent relationship. Whereas volition related to higher well-being, less problem behavior and a secure attachment style, distance was associated mainly with more problem behavior and an avoidant attachment style. These associations were not moderated by age. The discussion focuses on the meaning of adolescent autonomy and on the broader implications of the current findings.

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The FDMS comprised issues coming from five different domains (i.e., personal, friendship, prudential, conventional and moral). However, exploratory factor analysis only differentiated between two highly correlated latent factors, one pertaining to personal, friendship and prudential issues and one relating to conventional and moral issues. Subsequent analyses, where we split the FDMS score up into two separate scores, yielded almost identical results, both in terms of the loadings on the two underlying dimensions (cf. Aim 1) as well as the associations with age and psychosocial functioning (cf. Aim 2). Therefore, we chose not to differentiate between these domains.

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Titel: The Jingle–Jangle Fallacy in Adolescent Autonomy in the Family: In Search of an Underlying Structure
Auteurs: Stijn Van Petegem
Maarten Vansteenkiste
Wim Beyers
Publicatiedatum: 01-07-2013
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 7/2013
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-012-9847-7

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