Influences of Parental Attachment, Separation-Individuation on University Students' Ego Identity Statuses: The Mediating Effect of Self-Discrepancy

Abstract

Abstract: This study investigated the mediating effects of self-discrepancy among parental attachment, separation-individuation and ego identity statuses by the Structural Equation Modeling. 576 university students from freshman to senior participated in the questionnaire investigation. The results indicated that: 1)besides the directly positive effect on identity achievement status, parental attachment positively influenced identity achievement status and foreclosure status, while had negative effect on identity diffusion status through of self-discrepancy. 2)self-discrepancy played a mediating role in the relationship between separation-individuation and ego identity status. Positive separation-individuation negatively predicted the self-discrepancy, while negative separation-individuation positively predicted the self-discrepancy, which mediated the association between separation-individuation and ego identity statuses. 3)parental attachment's effects on ego identity statuses were strongly mediated by separation-individuation and self-discrepancy.

Key words: ego identity status, parental attachment, separation-individuation, self-discrepancy, mediating effect

摘要： 通过对576名大学生的问卷调查,运用结构方程模型技术考察亲子依恋、分离-个体化对大学生自我同一性状态的影响中自我不一致的中介作用。结果发现,（1）亲子依恋除对同一性获得状态有直接的正向预测作用外,主要通过自我不一致的中介作用对同一性获得状态和早闭状态产生正向影响,对扩散状态产生负向影响;（2）自我不一致在分离-个体化对同一性状态的影响中起部分中介作用,积极分离-个体化负向预测自我不一致,消极分离-个体化正向预测自我不一致,进而以自我不一致为中介对同一性状态产生影响;（3）亲子依恋依次通过分离-个体化、自我不一致的中介作用对同一性获得状态、早闭状态和扩散状态产生较强影响。

关键词: 自我同一性状态, 亲子依恋, 分离-个体化, 自我不一致, 中介作用

CLC Number:

B844.5

Wang Shuqing, Cao Hui, Su Xia. Influences of Parental Attachment, Separation-Individuation on University Students' Ego Identity Statuses: The Mediating Effect of Self-Discrepancy[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2017, 15(3): 343-350.

王树青, 曹晖, 苏霞. 亲子依恋、分离-个体化对大学生自我同一性状态的影响：自我不一致的中介作用^*[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2017, 15(3): 343-350.

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