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1、TheConstructValidityofPathologyofSeparation-Individuation(PATHSEP)DanielK.LapsleyandMarvinD.HortonBallStateUniversity____________________________________________________________AbstractWeexaminedthefactorstructureandconstructvalidityofapromisingmeasureofpathologyo

2、fseparation-individuation(PATHSEP)inauniversitysampleofemergentadults(N=245).Participantsrespondedtotheoriginal39-itemscale(ChristensonandWilson,1985),andalsototheBriefSymptomInventory(Derogatis,1993),fivesubscalesfromtheSeparation-IndividuationTestofAdolescence(L

3、evine,Green&Millon,1986),threesubscalesfromtheCollegeAdjustmentScale(AntonandReed,1991)andthecategoricalanddimensionalmeasureofadultattachmentstyle(Bartholomew&Horowitz,1991).Principalcomponentsanalysisderivedaone-factor,19-itemscale,accountingfor36%ofthevariance.

4、PATHSEPshowedstrongevidenceofconvergentanddiscriminantvaliditywithrespecttoSITAsubscales,andwasastrongpredictorofinterpersonalandfamilyproblems.PATHSEPwaspositivelycorrelatedwithnineindicatorsofsymptomatologyandbothfearfulandpreoccupiedattachmentstyle.Thesefinding

5、sprovidepreliminaryevidenceinfavoroftheconstructvalidityofPATHSEP.Paperpresentedatthe9thBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchonAdolescence,NewOrleans,April2002.PleaseaddresscorrespondencetoDr.Lapsleyatthisaddress:DepartmentofEducationalPsychology,TeachersCollege5

6、24,BallStateUniversity,Muncie,IN47306.Email:dklapsley@bsu.eduPATHSEPandconferencepaperscanbeaccessedat:www.bsu.edu/dlapsleyIntroductionSeparation-individuationisaprocessbywhichchildrenestablishself-otherboundariesandtheintrapsychicrepresentationsthatencourageauto

7、nomyandindividuation.Disturbancesinseparation-individuationareassumedtoadverselyaffectpsychosocialfunctioningacrossthelifespan,resultinginpersonalityandrelationaldysfunctions.Althoughthisprocessisthoughttobecriticallyengagedinthefirstyearsoflife,itisgenerallyagree

8、dthatadolescenceandyoungadulthoodconstituteaAsecondphase@whereintheseissuesarerenegotiatedinlightofthedevelopmentaltaskscommontothisageperiod(Blos,1962;