A Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Relationships between Emotional Separation, Parental Trust, and Identity in Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Kazumi SugimuraRita Žukauskienė

Abstract

Emotional separation and parental trust in parent-adolescent relationships are important factors for adolescent identity formation. However, prior research findings on emotional separation are inconsistent. This study aimed to conduct a more rigorous examination of the associations of emotional separation and parental trust with identity synthesis, confusion, and consolidation by applying a bi-factor model to identity, using adolescent samples from Lithuania (N = 610; 53.9% female; M age  = 14.92), Italy (N = 411; 57.4% female; M age  = 15.03), and Japan (N = 759; 43.7% female; M age  = 14.13). Structural equation modeling revealed that emotional separation and parental trust were consistently associated with identity consolidation across the three countries, rather than associated with identity synthesis and identity confusion. Furthermore, the patterns of associations of emotional separation and parental trust with identity synthesis and identity confusion differed across the three nations. Overall, this study provides a better understanding of the role of emotional separation and parental trust in adolescent identity formation by suggesting the importance of the identity consolidation in the association between parent-child ...Continue Reading

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Apr 21, 2020·Journal of Personality Assessment·Andrea FontanaOtto F Kernberg
Sep 7, 2018·Journal of Youth and Adolescence·Kazumi SugimuraElisabetta Crocetti
Nov 26, 2021·Journal of Research on Adolescence : the Official Journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence·Susan BranjeAndrik I Becht

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