Abstract
The objective of the present study was to examine the role of
emotional autonomy and identity formation in the well-being of
Indian adolescents. For this purpose, a sample of 400 adolescents
(200 boys and 200 girls) ranging in age from 16 to 21 years, were
selected from various colleges of city Amritsar (India). The sample
was administered various psychological tools to measure well-
being, emotional autonomy, and the identity statuses. The
correlational analyses suggested that for both boys' and girls '
sample, all dimensions of emotional autonomy and the identity
statuses of achievement and moratorium have significant positive
correlations with well-being, whereas the identity statuses of
foreclosure and diffusion have shown an inverse relationship with
well-being. Step-Wise Multiple Regression Analyses revealed that
variables contributing positively to the well-being QT both
adolescent boys and girls are individuation, nondependency on
parents, and identity achievement, whereas identity diffusion
contributes negatively to the well-being of both boys and girls.
Moratorium status seems to be playing a positive role in the well-
being of adolescent girls, whereas foreclosure status contributes
negatively to the well-being of adolescent boys.
Suninder Tung, Damanjit Sandhu. (2005) Well-Being In Indian Adolescents: Role Of Emotional Autonomy And Identity Formation, Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, Volume-20, Issue- 3-4.
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