Perceived Psychological Separation of Older Adolescents and Young Adults From Their Parents: A Comparison of Divorced Versus Intact Families

One hundred sixty adolescents and young adults from divorced and intact families completed a packet of questionnaires and inventories including the Personal Data Sheet, Student Adjustment to College Questionnaire, Goal Instability and Superiority Scales, The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales‐R...

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Published in:Journal of counseling and development 1990-09, Vol.69 (1), p.57-61
Main Authors: ALLEN, SANDRA F., STOLTENBERG, CAL D., ROSKO, CHARLOTTE K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment (to Environment)
Adolescent psychology
Attachment Behavior
Children & youth
Children of divorced parents
College Freshmen
Counseling Theories
Divorce
Emotional Development
Families & family life
Family
Family Relationship
Higher Education
Parent Child Relationship
Parents & parenting
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Social research
Young adults
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Summary:One hundred sixty adolescents and young adults from divorced and intact families completed a packet of questionnaires and inventories including the Personal Data Sheet, Student Adjustment to College Questionnaire, Goal Instability and Superiority Scales, The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales‐Revised, and The Attributional Style Questionnaire to address the impact of divorce on the process of adolescent psychological separation from their parents. Results indicated that adolescents from the Divorced Group were just as adjusted to college life as their Intact counterparts and more separated from their families than the Intact Group, as was expected.
ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1990.tb01457.x