{"id":2837,"date":"2015-05-20T15:08:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T07:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org\/journal\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2015-05-20T15:08:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T07:08:19","slug":"colleges-students-views-of-autonomy-and-their-developmental-trajectories%ef%bc%9aparent-adolescent-relationship-as-a-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org.tw\/journal\/?p=2837","title":{"rendered":"Colleges Students\u2019 Views of Autonomy and Their Developmental Trajectories\uff1aParent-adolescent Relationship as a Context"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huey-Ya Lin<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Child and Family Studies\u00a0Fu-Jen Catholic University<\/p>\n

The main goal of this present study is to investigate the meanings\u00a0and the developmental trajectories of autonomy based on interviews of\u00a0thirteen college students. First of all, the definitions of autonomy are\u00a0consisted of individual rights, including sovereignty and freedom; as\u00a0well as abilities of self-judgment and self-determination. In addition,\u00a0college students mentioned other related concepts, such as maturity.\u00a0They also mentioned that they wanted to be autonomous when they\u00a0were young. However, while getting older, they wanted to become\u00a0mature. There were various developmental trajectories for individuals\u00a0to achieve their status of autonomy. These trajectories were:(1)children\u00a0had to be self-reliant, including taking care of themselves and making\u00a0their decisions while they were not even aware of the needs for\u00a0autonomy;(2)children were suddenly forced to face the situations that\u00a0they needed to be self-reliant due to stressful family events;(3)children\u00a0intensely resisted against parental jurisdiction and fought for their own\u00a0rights;(4)children tested parental limits and then gave in; and\u00a0(5)children showed their abilities of being autonomous so that parents\u00a0had confidence in them, parents then set reasonable limits and children\u00a0had their rights within these limits.<\/p>\n

Keywords: adolescence, independence and autonomy, parent-child\u00a0relationship, development trajectories of autonomy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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