Four types of individuation : further evidence from two Central-European countries

Zupančič, Maja (author), Sirsch, Ulrike (author), Lep, Žan (author), Kavčič, Tina (author)

This study employed the Individuation Test for Emerging Adults-Short (ITEA-S) to identify groups of emerging adults sharing similar individuation profiles (types) in relation to mother and father separately. Two-step clustering procedures of self-report data of Slovenian and Austrian participants suggested four internally replicable types of individuation across parents and countries: dependent, anxious, individuated-related, and individuated-independent. We revealed a moderate cross-parent structural consistency of the types and a fair cross-parent consistency of the participants’ type membership within each country. The structural consistency across countries was moderate for the types in relation to mother, but almost perfect in relation to father. Overall, individuals assigned to the anxious type scored the lowest and those classified as individuated-related scored the highest on emotional and psychological well-being (PWB). The results suggest the robustness of the ITEA-S types across parents in the two countries, and their associations with positive outcomes, supporting the validity of the types.

• Language: English
• Keywords: emerging adulthood, individuation, subjective well being, Individuation Test for Emerging Adults-Short, ITEA-S, Austria, Slovenia, Mental Health Continuum–Short Form, MHC-SF, person-centered approach, type consistencies
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts; ZF - Faculty of Health Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 512–519
• Numbering: Vol. 11, iss. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-136503
• UDC: 159.922.8.072(497.4+436)
• ISSN on article: 2167-6984
• DOI: 10.1177/21676968221098822
• COBISS.SI-ID: 106854147
• Publication date in RUL: 10.05.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Emerging adulthood
• Publisher: Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, SAGE
• ISSN: 2167-6984
• COBISS.SI-ID: 522740249

Licences

• License: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
• Description: A creative commons license that bans commercial use, but the users don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: prehod v odraslost, osamosvajanje, subjektivno blagostanje, Test osamosvajanja na prehodu v odraslost - krajša različica, TOPO-K, Avstrija, Slovenija, Vprašalnik duševnega zdravja – kratka oblika, MHC-SF

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P5-0062
• Name: Uporabna razvojna psihologija