Abstract

MOTA, Catarina Pinheiro. Individuation and coping in adolescentsfrom traditional and divorced families. Temas psicol. [online]. 2016, vol.24, n.3, pp. 1115-1128. ISSN 1413-389X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.9788/TP2016.3-16.

Divorce is marked by change and the need of family reorganization. The literature has addressed the implications of this process in the development of adolescents, namely the existence of aspects like quality of attachment with parents that improve the development of coping and protect from risk factors. This study aims to analyse the process of individuation to parental figures, as well as, its role in the development of coping strategies in adolescents from different family configurations (traditional and divorced). The sample comprised 399 participants aged 15 to 18 from both genders and from intact and divorced/separated families. The results showed associations between parental individuation and coping. It has been found that familiar configuration doesn't have a moderating effect on the association between parental individuation and coping, and that divorce doesn't seem itself a negatively influences the development of coping in adolescents, highlighting the importance of parental individuation in this process.

Keywords : Individuation; coping; adolescence; family configuration.

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