Autonomy-Control Variation in Child-Rearing and Anomie in Young Adults

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton F. De Man
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
University Students ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Control Variation

60 middle-class university students took part in a study investigating the relationship between autonomy-control variation in child rearing and levels of anomie in young adulthood. 20 subjects came from a background encouraging autonomy, 20 from one intermediate, and 20 from families characterized by control. Each of the 3 groups included 11 males and 9 females. All participants perceived their family backgrounds as warm and loving. Results indicate that subjects encouraged in autonomy as compared to those with a control background tend to report lower levels of anomie.

Autonomy-Control Variation in Child-Rearing and Self-Image Disparity in Young Adults

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1039-1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton F. De Man
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Developmental Theory ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Intermediate Group ◽  
Self Image ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Control Variation

33 males and 27 females took part in a study of three hypotheses, derived respectively from the viewpoints of Rogers, cognitive-developmental theory, and Byrne, about the relationship between autonomy-control variation in child-rearing and self-image disparity in young adults. 20 subjects came from families encouraging autonomy, 20 from intermediate ones, and 20 from controlling backgrounds. Each of the 3 groups included 11 males and 9 females. Differences in self-image disparity were found between the groups of females but not between the male ones; autonomous and control women reported higher levels of self-image discrepancy than the intermediate group did. The findings are discussed in relation to the three positions which generated the hypotheses.

Parental Control in Child Rearing and Trait Anxiety in Young Adults

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. De Man
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Parental Control ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Early Adult Life ◽  
The Relationship

35 men and 35 women participated in a study of the relationship between experienced parental control and level of trait anxiety in early adult life. The correlation for the combined subjects indicated a moderate association between the two variables. Separate analyses for the men and women yielded a significant correlation for the women but not for the men.

scholarly journals Internet Addiction among Young Adult University Students: The Complex Interplay between Family Functioning, Impulsivity, Depression, and Anxiety

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 8231
Author(s):  
Eleonora Marzilli ◽  
Luca Cerniglia ◽  
Giulia Ballarotto ◽  
Silvia Cimino
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
University Students ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Affective Involvement

International research has underlined that both interpersonal, self-regulation, and comorbid variables can lead to a higher risk of developing internet addiction (IA) among young adults. To date, no studies have explored the interplay between young adults’ family functioning, impulsivity, and psychopathological difficulties. In a community sample of 244 young adult university students, this study aims to assess the relationship between young adults’ IA and young adults’ gender, the perception of their family functioning, impulsivity level, and depressive and anxiety symptoms, considering the possible interplay between these variables. The presence and the severity of IA were addressed through the Internet Addiction Test (IAT). Moreover, young adults filled out self-reporting questionnaires, assessing their perception of family functioning and their impulsivity levels and psychopathological symptoms. Results showed no significant association between the youth’s gender and IA. However, moderately addicted young adults were more likely to report poorer quality of family affective involvement and higher attentional impulsivity and depressive problems than other groups. Moreover, young adults’ attentional impulsivity mediated the relationship between family affective involvement and IA. This study provides new evidence on the complex interaction between individuals and interpersonal risk factors involved in IA among young adults, with important implications for the planning of intervention treatments.

De‐investment in work and non‐normative personality trait change in young adulthood

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 461-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent W. Roberts ◽  
Kate Walton ◽  
Tim Bogg ◽  
Avshalom Caspi
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Negative Emotionality ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviours ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigated the relationship between experiences of de‐investment in work and change in personality traits in an 8‐year longitudinal study of young adults (N = 907). De‐investment was defined as participating in activities that run counter to age‐graded norms for acceptable behaviour. De‐investment in work was operationalised with a measure of counterproductive work behaviours (CWBs), which included actions such as stealing from the work place, malingering and fighting with co‐workers. CWBs were used to predict changes in personality traits from age 18 to age 26. Consistent with hypotheses, greater amounts of CWB was associated with changes in the broad trait domains of negative emotionality and constraint. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

scholarly journals Analysis of Alienation in Informal Education: Media Skepticism and Spiral of Silence in the Network Society

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Osman Yılmaz Kartal
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
University Students ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Network Community ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence ◽  
The Relationship

In the study, the alienation in the network society is investigated. Facebook, which is highly effective among network community applications, has been examined as an informal learning tool. In this context, the topic of learning is "political, social, religious, cultural contents that society is sensitive". The research was conducted with the participation of university students who are members of the network society. Spiral of silence (SoS) was taken into account as a sign of alienation. It has been examined whether the media skepticism is effective in solving the problem of alienation. In this context, the relationship between spiral of silence and media skepticism has been investigated. As a result of the research, it was understood that young adults who are university students are in the spiral of silence in sharing about "political, social, religious, cultural contents, society is sensitive" and therefore alienation exists. In the context of media skepticism, participants' skepticism to others' posts is high, skepticism to self posts is low. While there is a significant, negative and low level of correlation between spiral of silence and skepticism to others posts, there is no significant relationship between spiral of silence and skepticism to self posts. There is a potential for skepticism to others' posts to be effective in resolving alienation in network society.

scholarly journals Narrative Identity: the construction of the life story, autobiographical reasoning and psychological functioning in young adulthood

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Megan Vanessa Banks
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Life Story ◽  
The Self ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Cognitive Response ◽  
Autobiographical Reasoning ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

<p>According to McAdams' (1988; 1993) Life Story Model of Identity, narrative identity is constructed through the development of the life story in adolescence and young adulthood. This theoretical claim has sparked an emerging body of research examining links between the development of the life story and psychological functioning during this developmental period (McLean & Breen, 2009; McLean, Breen, & Fournier, 2010; Tavernier & Willoughby, 2012). The aim of this thesis was to contribute to this emerging body of work by examining the relationship between autobiographical reasoning, the core process through which the life story develops, and psychological functioning in young adulthood. Across four studies, young adults constructed life story narratives of high points, low points and turning points from their life story. These narratives were coded for the presence, and valence, of autobiographical reasoning. Autobiographical reasoning was measured primarily in terms of self-event connections, statements linking an aspect of the narrated event to the young adults' sense of self (McLean & Fournier, 2008). Autobiographical reasoning valence was measured in terms of self-event connections that described the self in positive, negative, neutral and mixed (positive and negative) ways. The first study (Study 1a) showed that the valence of autobiographical reasoning found in young adults' life story narratives predicted psychological functioning. Young adults who made negative self-event connections in life story narratives experienced poorer psychological functioning (measured in terms of psychological distress and psychological well-being) than young adults who made little or no negative self-event connections. Conversely, young adults who made more positive self-event connections experienced comparatively better psychological functioning than those who made fewer positive self-event connections. The relationship between positive self-event connections and positive psychological functioning was most salient in the context of narratives about negative events from the life story. Study 1a also showed that for young adults who tended to make higher numbers of positive self-event connections, endorsing negative events as central to the life story was not associated with poor psychological functioning, whereas it was for young adults who made fewer positive connections. The second study (Study 1b) presented a methodology for examining the relationship between autobiographical reasoning valence and psychological functioning over time. Although the small sample size in Study 1b prevented firm conclusions being made, findings showed that young adults' tendency to make negative, but not positive, self-event connections remained stable over time. The preliminary findings from Study 1b also showed that positive and negative self-event connections in life story narratives were not associated with changes in psychological functioning over time. The third study (Study 2) found that young adults' tendency to reason about the self in positive and negative ways was associated with a number of cognitive response styles (explanatory style, rumination and use of cognitive reappraisal strategies). The results of Study 2 also highlight important ways that cognitive response factors, and young adults' assessments of meaning in their lives, may interact with autobiographical reasoning valence to predict psychological functioning. The fourth study (Study 3) aimed to investigate relationships between the phenomenology of life story memories and the amount, and valence, of autobiographical reasoning in narratives of these events. Findings showed few associations between autobiographical reasoning and autobiographical memory phenomenology. Possible reasons for the absence of these relationships are discussed. Wider implications and theoretical explanations for the findings reported in this thesis are discussed in terms of models of coping and Relational Frame Theory (RFT; Hayes, Barnes-Holmes, & Roche, 2001).</p>

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