20.500.12556/RUL-181877 The role of primary emotions in separation-individuation during emerging adulthood Introduction: Separation-individuation (S-I) in relation to parents is a core developmental process that unfolds during infancy/toddlerhood (primary S-I) and adolescence/ emerging adulthood (second S-I) and relates to psychological functioning across several domains. While the outcomes of this process are most commonly explained by the quality of parent–child relationships, the role of child temperament/personality is rarely considered. Methods: We examined the role of emerging adults’ primary emotions on five aspects of S-I in relation to mother and father, as captured by the Individuation Test for Emerging Adults—Short. The sample consisted of 446 emerging adults (58.7% females, 41.3% males), predominantly students. Results: Hierarchical linear regressions suggested a significant contribution of the six primary emotions (SEEKING, FEAR, ANGER, SADNESS, CARE, and PLAY) across the aspects of S-I (seeking parental support, connectedness, perceived parental intrusiveness, self-reliance, and fear of disappointing the parent), over and beyond the relevant demographic variables (age, gender, living arrangement). Differential associations showed consistent links of SEEKING with self-reliance, of CARE and low SADNESS with both support seeking and connectedness, of SADNESS with perceived parental intrusiveness, and of FEAR with fear of disappointing parents. A few inconsistent relations were likely due to somewhat different roles of mothers and fathers in the caregiving context. Discussion: Overall, our results provide new evidence supporting the idea that individual differences in primary emotional systems may play a distinct and meaningful role in affecting aspects of the S-I process in emerging adulthood. affective neuroscience theory emerging adults parent–child relations primary emotions separation-individuation afektivna nevroznanost prehod v odraslost odnos med starši in otroci čustva osamosvajanje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-04-17 12:02:50 2026-04-17 12:02:58 2026-04-18 04:56:09 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 12 str. art. 1675495 Vol. 17 14 Apr. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 159.922.8 1664-1078 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1675495 275599363 Glavac_The_role_of_primary_emotions_in_separation-individuation_during_emerging_adulthood.pdf Glavac_The_role_of_primary_emotions_in_separation-individuation_during_emerging_adulthood.pdf 1 A69296FC33D1264F37C130D22398D1E8 6fe5263e0fa040e26abd9b06699bc25df4179c0bf225601ea474c6bdec4a66b6 926e1f2a-3a44-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=232652 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1675495/full 1 61efc9c3-3a44-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=232651 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0