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Project

Separation, identity and intimacy during adolescence and emerging adulthood: Prospective testing of epigenetic hypotheses

Separation-individuation theory (Blos, 1967) and EriksonU+2019s (1968) lifespan developmental theory claim that the developmental tasks of separation, identity and intimacy follow each other in a sequential order during adolescence and emerging adulthood. Using new conceptualizations and longitudinal research with adolescents aged 15 to 22 years, this research project prospectively tests the central hypotheses (phasing and conditionality) of this epigenetic principle.

Date:1 Oct 2009 →  30 Sep 2013
Keywords:identity, autonomy, separation, intimacy
Disciplines:Developmental psychology and ageing