Individuation in Slovene emerging adults: Its associations with demographics, transitional markers, achieved criteria for adulthood, and life satisfaction

Zupančič, Maja; Komidar, Luka; Levpušček, Melita Puklek

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.03.014

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“…In line with previous findings on life satisfaction in adulthood (e.g., Diener et al, 2003), adolescence and emerging adulthood (e.g., Ho et al, 2008;Zupančič, Komidar, & Puklek Levpušček, 2014), demographics (age, living arrangement and intimate relationship status) contributed very little to the components of well-being in our female student sample. However, the power of our study to assess the variance explained in the well-being measures due to the block of background variables was less than adequate.…”

Section: Unique Contributions Of Personality To the Components Of Subsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…To our literature review on well-being in adolescence (e.g., Ho, Cheung, & Cheung, 2008;Keyes, 2006aKeyes, , 2006bLamers, Westerhof, Bohlmeijer, ten Klooster, & Keyes, 2011;McCullough, Huebner, & Laughlin, 2000) and emerging adulthood (Daukantaitè, 2015;Kins & Beyers, 2010;Robitschek & Keyes, 2009;Teng, Venning, Winefield, & Crabb, 2015;Zupančič, Komidar, & Puklek Levpušček, 2014) we found no research tapping into the respective relationships in samples younger than adults. To fill this gap, our study focused on emerging adult students who do not view themselves as fully adult (e.g., Nelson, 2009;Zupančič, Friedlmeier, Puklek Levpušček, Sirsch, Bruckner-Feld, & Horvat, 2014).…”

Section: Components Of Subjective Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…While past adolescent (Ho et al, 2008) and emerging adult studies (Zupančič, Komidar, & Puklek Levpušček., 2014) suggested no gender effect on life satisfaction, it is nonetheless important to perform further research with more representative samples, including males, students attending science and technical tertiary programmes, as well as employed and unemployed young people.…”

Section: Limitations Of the Study And Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The search for explanation of individual differences in well-being has a long tradition in social sciences. A large body of research (e.g., Diener, Oishi, & Lucas, 2003;Diener, Suh, Lucas, & Smith, 1999;Gomez, Krings, Baugarter, & Grob, 2009;Steel, Schmidt, & Shultz, 2008) has concentrated on its correlates and has generally suggested a rather small (or no) effect of demographic characteristics on measures of well-being (e.g., Diener et al, 2003;Lamers, Westerhof, Kovacs, & Bohlmeijer, 2012;Zupančič, Komidar, & Puklek Levpušček, 2014), but an important role of personality and life events in people's positive or negative experiences of their lives. However, those findings mainly stem from research targeting life satisfaction or emotional well-being (e.g., DeNeve & Cooper, 1998;Diener et al, 2003;Gomez et al, 2009;Steel et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The study investigated the effect of personality traits (wave 1), change in personality traits over a one-year time period (from wave 1 to wave 2), and life events over the past year (wave 2 reports) on three components of female university students' (N = 280; mean age 20.2 years) subsequent (wave 2) subjective well-being, i.e. emotional (EWB), psychological (PWB), and social (SoWB). We applied the Big Five Inventory to evaluate personality, the Scale of Significant Life Events in Emerging Adulthood to assess the number of life events and student-perceived influence of these events on their lives, and the Mental Health Continuum -Short Form to measure EWB, PWB, and SoWB. Each of the Big Five traits played a significant and somewhat different role in predicting subsequent levels of the components of well-being, over and beyond background variables. Baseline levels of Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and positive life events were associated with both EWB and PWB. Whereas an increase in Extraversion and a decrease in Neuroticism predicted EWB, an increase in Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness contributed to PWB. Baseline levels of Extraversion and an increase in Agreeableness were also predictive of SoWB. In support to the validity of the three-component model of well-being, the findings suggest the Big Five as a significant force in shaping different aspects of female students' well-being differentially, whereas the important but not extremely adverse or favourable life events within the past year show little influence above the effects of personality.

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Section: Unique Contributions Of Personality To the Components Of Subsupporting

confidence: 78%

Section: Components Of Subjective Well-beingmentioning

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Section: Limitations Of the Study And Future Directionsmentioning

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“…Although emerging adults are becoming emotionally and materially independent of their parents, they do not assume all the obligations that are characteristic of an adult. Instead, they continue to explore life opportunities, particularly in domains of work, partnership and worldview (Arnett, ), extend their education to mid‐ or late twenties, and postpone moving out of their parents’ home (Mendonça & Fontaine, ; Zupančič, Komidar & Puklek Levpušček, ). Parents may thus continue to influence the development of a stable career identity, especially if emerging adults continue their education at the tertiary level (Arnett, ; Guan et al ., ).…”

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Individuation in relation to parents as a predictor of career goals and career optimism in emerging adults

Levpušček

Rauch

Komidar

2017

Scandinavian J Psychology

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The aim of this study was to examine the associations of Slovenian emerging adults' individuation characteristics (in relation to mother and father) with career goals and career optimism. We were interested in contributions of age, gender, certainty of study choice, and individuation dimensions when predicting intrinsic/extrinsic career goals and career optimism. The participants provided self-reports on the Individuation Test for Emerging Adults, the Career Goals Scale and the Career Futures Inventory. The results showed that age did not relate to emerging adults' career goals; however, older students reported lower career optimism than their younger counterparts. Furthermore, certainty of study choice was the most important predictor of career optimism, and, along with gender, of intrinsic career goals. Emerging adults who reported higher connectedness with both parents and self-reliance in relation to mother had higher intrinsic career goals, while self-reliance in relation to mother was positively associated with stronger optimism about an individual's future career. Fear of disappointing both parents significantly contributed to the prediction of extrinsic career goals and optimism, while parental intrusiveness did not add significantly to the prediction of the two measured career outcomes. The study confirmed the correlational effects of positive and negative aspects of individuation on career outcomes in emerging adulthood.

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