This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in FAMILY SCIENCE, Volume 2, Issue 1, pages 58-67, 2011 [copyright Taylor & Francis], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19424620.2011.604573
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adolescence; autonomy; relatedness; Germany; France
Abstract :
[en] Following a person-centered approach, the present study focuses on inter- and intracultural similarities and differences in patterns of relationship regulation by adolescents with regard to their mothers in a sample of 153 French and 154 German adolescents. Starting from theoretical assumptions of individuation in adolescence as the process of balancing autonomy and relatedness, a classification approach was applied providing four theoretically derived clusters of relationship regulation, namely “harmonious,” “tense,” “primary,” and “secondary” relationship regulation patterns. Countries did not differ in numbers of adolescents in the “harmonious” and “tense” clusters. More patterns of “primary” relationship regulation were found between German adolescents and their mothers, whereas French families had a higher prevalence of “secondary” regulation patterns. Clusters were validated by maternal parenting (from adolescents’ perspectives) and adolescents’ optimism. Results on patterns of regulation are discussed in a theoretical framework of intrafamily processes of relationship regulation and implications for family functioning are addressed.
Disciplines :
Social, industrial & organizational psychology
Identifiers :
UNILU:UL-ARTICLE-2011-370
Author, co-author :
Albert, Isabelle ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Trommsdorff, Gisela; University of Konstanz, Germany
Sabatier, Colette; Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France
Language :
English
Title :
Patterns of relationship regulation: German and French adolescents' perceptions with regard to their mothers.