Adolescent Autonomy: Desire, Achievement and Disobeying Parents between Early and Late Adolescence

Autor/in	Fleming, Manuela
Titel	Adolescent Autonomy: Desire, Achievement and Disobeying Parents between Early and Late Adolescence
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 5 (2005), S.1-16 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1446-5442
Schlagwörter	Late Adolescents; Personal Autonomy; Puberty; Age Differences; Comparative Analysis; Parent Child Relationship; Child Development; Individual Development; Foreign Countries; High Schools; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Halbstarker; Individuelle Autonomie; Pubertät; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kindesentwicklung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Ausland; High school; Oberschule
Abstract	A population of 12-19 year-old adolescents (n = 994) was selected from a pool of 7264 students in order to study adolescent's perception of autonomy. Eleven behavioural autonomy items were elected by the adolescents and used to evaluate the frequency of desire, achievement and disobeying parents in early (12-13 year-old) and late (18-19 year-old) adolescents. Statistical comparison of the two age groups of adolescents was performed for each gender. Regarding achievement of autonomy, both male and female adolescents showed significant differences between the younger and older adolescents. Progress in autonomy was achieved by male adolescents more as a result of disobeying parents than was the cased with female adolescents. Narcissism, separation from family, and cognitive aspects were found to be important elements in adolescent's perception of autonomy. Desire for autonomy was present since the start of puberty, achievement lagged behind desire, and the capacity to fight for autonomy was a key mediator for the achievement of personal autonomy in the transition to adulthood. (Contains 7 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Newcastle. School of Education, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. e-mail: ajedp@newcastle.edu.au; Web site: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/group/ajedp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10