The Cascading Development of Autonomy and Relatedness from Adolescence to Adulthood

Overview

Journal Child Dev

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2014 Oct 28

PMID 25345623

Citations 49

Authors

Barbara A Oudekerk

Joseph P Allen

Elenda T Hessel

Lauren E Molloy

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Abstract

A developmental cascade model of autonomy and relatedness in the progression from parent to friend to romantic relationships across ages 13, 18, and 21 was examined among 184 adolescents (53% female, 58% Caucasian, 29% African American) recruited from a public middle school in Virginia. Parental psychological control at age 13 undermined the development of autonomy and relatedness, predicting relative decreases in autonomy and relatedness with friends between ages 13 and 18 and lower levels of autonomy and relatedness with partners at age 18. These cascade effects extended into adult friendships and romantic relationships, with autonomy and relatedness with romantic partners at age 18 being a strong predictor of autonomy and relatedness with both friends and partners at age 21.

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