Abstract
The purpose of the present research was to study the
contribution of farnily environment and emotional autonomy
towards identity formation in adolescents. For this purpose, 200
boys and girls (age-range 1901 years), belonging to various
colleges of city Amritsar, were administered Extended Objective
Measure of Ego Identity Status-2 (EOhffIS-2; Bennion & Adams,
1986), Emotional Autonomy Scale (EAS; Steinberg & Silverberg,
1986), and Family Environment Scale (FES; Moos & Moos, 1986).
Correlation coefficients were computed and Step-Wise Multiple
Regession Analyses were applied to study the contribution of each
variable towards the four identity statuses. Results show that all
dimensions of FES have significant correlations with identity
achievement and diffusion statuses. It is also revealed that two
dimensions of emotional autonomy i.e.,
individuation and
perceiving parents as people, contribute positively towards identity
achievement, whereas deidealization of parents seems to predict
statuses which lack commitment (moratorium and diffusion).
Conflict in the family environment seems to have mixed
implications for adolescent identity formation.
Damanjit Sandhu, Suninder Tung. (2006) Role of Emotional Autonomy and Family Environment in Identity Formation of Adolescents, Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, Volume-21, Issue-1-2.
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