Knowing Me, Knowing You: Changes in Parental Representations Among Established Adults Going Through Progressive Identity Development

IF 1.8 3区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Journal of Adult Development Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI:10.1007/s10804-024-09490-x
Hanna Larsson, Ann Frisén
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Developing and revising one’s identity is a lifelong task, one that influences and is influenced by close relationships in the individual’s social context. For emerging adults, different approaches to identity formation have been associated with different ways of relating to their parents; however, little is known about how identity development and views on one’s parents interact beyond the emerging adult years. In the present study, we addressed this gap by examining changes in how established adults describe and relate to internal representations of their parents as they develop from identity foreclosure to identity achievement, an identity status transition that is considered progressive and has been related to shifts in parental representations in younger samples. From a longitudinal study using the Identity Status Interview (Marcia et al., Ego identity: A handbook for psychosocial research, Springer, 1993), we selected participants coded as foreclosed at age 29 and identity achieved at age 33 (N = 18). A case study approach was used to analyze individual changes in parental representations, and a thematic analysis was conducted to identify themes across cases. The findings show that progressive identity development in established adulthood may involve making more reflective comparisons between oneself and one’s parents, describing one’s parents more as whole persons, and relating to parental influence with greater independence and agency. The results highlight the continued importance of parents for adult identity development, and that progressive identity development in established adulthood may involve increased complexity in representations of both oneself and one’s parents.

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了解我,了解你:经历渐进式身份发展的成熟成年人对父母表述的变化
发展和修正个人身份是一项终生任务,它影响着个人的社会环境,同时也受其社会环境中密切关系的影响。对于新成人来说,不同的身份认同形成方式与他们与父母的不同关系方式有关;然而,对于新成人时期之后身份认同的发展与对父母的看法是如何相互作用的,我们却知之甚少。在本研究中,我们针对这一空白,研究了成年人在从身份鉴别发展到身份成就的过程中,对其父母的描述以及与父母内部表征的关系的变化。一项使用身份地位访谈(Identity Status Interview)进行的纵向研究(Marcia et al:社会心理研究手册》,施普林格出版社,1993 年)的纵向研究中,我们选择了 29 岁时身份被取消、33 岁时身份被实现的参与者(N = 18)。我们采用了个案研究的方法来分析父母表征的个体变化,并进行了主题分析以确定不同个案的主题。研究结果表明,成年后身份认同的逐步发展可能涉及在自己和父母之间进行更多的反思性比较,将父母描述为一个完整的人,并以更大的独立性和能动性来应对父母的影响。研究结果强调了父母对成人身份发展的持续重要性,以及成年后身份的逐步发展可能涉及到对自己和父母的表述更加复杂。
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Journal of Adult Development
Journal of Adult Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Adult Development is an interdisciplinary journal covering development in early adulthood, midlife, and later adulthood. The Journal supports innovative theoretical and empirical articles that help direct the future of our field. Critical issues include the importance of life-long education, work and family changes, and physical and mental health influencing adult development. In addition, the impact of personality, emotions, cognition, and biomarkers are areas of interest. The Journal of Adult Development emphasizes the importance of interindividual differences and contextual issues influencing adult development. Interventions that promote optimal development throughout the adult life span are also welcome.
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