On the Association between Adolescent Autonomy and Psychosocial Functioning: Examining Decisional Independence from a Self-Determination Theory Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Van Petegem, Stijn; Beyers, Wim; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Soenens, Bart
Titel	On the Association between Adolescent Autonomy and Psychosocial Functioning: Examining Decisional Independence from a Self-Determination Theory Perspective
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 48 (2012) 1, S.76-88 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0025307
Schlagwörter	Intimacy; Adolescents; Decision Making; Correlation; Personal Autonomy; Emotional Development; Social Development; Prediction; Well Being; Behavior Problems; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Motivation; Self Determination; High School Students; Social Adjustment; Emotional Adjustment; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intimität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Korrelation; Individuelle Autonomie; Gefühlsbildung; Soziale Entwicklung; Vorhersage; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Ausland; Fragebogen; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Selbstbestimmung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Soziale Anpassung; Emotionale Anpassung; Belgien
Abstract	In the present study, we focus on the concept of adolescent autonomy and its relation with psychosocial functioning. Specifically, we aim to differentiate between 2 prevailing conceptualizations of autonomy, that is, (a) autonomy defined as independence versus dependence and (b) autonomy defined as self-endorsed versus controlled functioning. A 2nd goal is to examine the relative contribution of each autonomy operationalization in the prediction of adolescents' adjustment (i.e., well-being, problem behavior, and intimacy). Data were gathered in a sample of 707 Belgian adolescents. Using a newly developed questionnaire, we assessed both the degree of independent decision making per se and the self-endorsed versus controlled motives underlying both independent and dependent decision making. The degree of independent decision making could clearly be differentiated from the underlying motives for doing so. Moreover, independent decision making as such showed unique associations with more problem behavior. Further, as expected, self-endorsed motives for both independent and dependent decision making generally related to an adaptive pattern of psychosocial functioning, and controlled motives were associated with maladjustment. The discussion focuses on the difference between the 2 perspectives on autonomy and on the different meaning of the motives underlying independent, relative to dependent, decision making. (Contains 1 figure, 2 tables, and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10