The Relationship between Adolescents' Attitudes Toward, and Their Identification to Their Parents, and Their Sense of Fulfillment.

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  • 青年が認識する親への愛情や尊敬と,同一視および充実感との関連
  • セイネン ガ ニンシキ スル オヤ エ ノ アイジョウ ヤ ソンケイ ト ドウイツシ オヨビ ジュウジツカン ト ノ カンレン

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This research investigated relations between adolescents' attitudes (affection ; feelings of power) and identification (processes of modeling : awareness of introjection), with regard to their parents. Using Nishihira's (1952, 1990) framework to study parent-adolescent relationships, it focused on how attitudes relate to one's sense of fulfillment, i. e., daily feelings influenced by a sense of identity. According to the results of Study I, adolescents (259 males and 439 females) tended to feel affection for and power toward their parents. When these feelings were strong, identification with parents was also strong, indicative of a modeling process. Attitudes toward parents were not significantly related to participants' sense of fulfillment towards either fathers or mothers. In Study II, a qualitative analysis using semi-structured interviews of 7 males and 9 females showed that Nishihira's framework was useful for predicting the attitudes and identifications of young adolescents. In addition, the adolescents in study II tended to feel affection and power toward their parents (particularly mothers), and this attitude was related to identification with parents. However, these attitudes were not always positively associated with fulfillment.

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