Identity, Perception of Parent-adolescent Relation and Adjustment in a Group of University Students. (21st May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pellerone, Monica; Spinelloa, Carla; Sidoti, Alessia; Micciche, Sandra
• Is Part Of: Procedia--social and behavioral sciences. Volume 190(2015)
• Page Start: 459
• Page End: 464
• Publication Date: 2015-05-21
• Subjects: Identity -- family relationship -- parenting -- adjustment -- adolescence.; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Congresses; Arts -- Periodicals; Arts -- Congresses; Humanities -- Periodicals; Humanities -- Congresses; 300
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.05.026
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-0428

Abstract

Abstract: The parent-adolescent relations play an important role in developing identity process (Berzonsky, Branje, & Meeus, 2007; Meeus, Iedema, & Engels, 2005). This study investigates the role that identity plays in mediating relationships between parenting and social adjustment in a group of 112 college students. They completed: Ego Identity Process Questionnaire (Balistreri, Bush-Rossnagel, & Geisinger, 1995), Parental Bonding Instrument (Parker, Turpin, & Brown, 1979) and Relationship Questionnaire (Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991 ). Results show associations between parental support and relational adjustment, between identity status and relational adjustment. Therefore, the identity commitment represents an important variable for emotional and social adjustment in adolescence.