Undergraduates' Conflictual Independence, Adjustment, and Alcohol Use: The Importance of the Mother-Student Relationship

Abstract

This study investigated conflictual independence from parents (defined as a relationship free of anger and resentment), adjustment, and alcohol use among college students at a midwestern technical university (N = 109). Results showed that adjustment, as measured by the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (1989), was associated with having achieved conflictual independence from one's parents as measured by Hoffman's (1984) Psychological Separation Inventory. Additionally, greater alcohol use was associated with having achieved less conflictual independence from parents; the most frequent and strongest relationships occurred with respect to the mother-student relationship. The results suggested that the parent-student relationship has an impact on late adolescent development and that it also may play a role in alcohol use by college students.

Department(s)

Psychological Science

Comments

Frances M. Montgomery published as Frances M. Haemmerlie

Keywords and Phrases

Adjustment; Alcohol Consumption; College Student; Conflict; Demography; Female; Human; Independence; Major Clinical Study; Male; Mother Child Relation; Motivation; Questionnaire; School Child; Scoring System; Social Adaptation; Statistical Analysis; Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Adult; Alcohol Drinking; Conflict (Psychology); Dependency (Psychology); Individuation; Personality Development; Personality Inventory; Self Concept; Social Adjustment; Students

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0021-9762

Document Type

Article - Journal

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1994 John Wiley & Sons Inc., All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1994

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