Separation-individuation to parents processes and psychological well-being in young adults: the mediational role of personality

Abstract

The quality of the early relationships with parents have an important role in the development of the individuation of young adults in the construction of their personality and in the psychological well-being. This study aim to study the predictor role of separation-individuation to parents and the personality in the psychological well-being. It also tests the mediator role of personality in the previous association. The sample is composed by 948 people with ages between 18 and 30. The results show that the separation-individuation to parents predicts positively the psychological well-being and the adjusted emotional personality. The neuroticism predicts negatively the psychological well-being. The adjusted emotional personality assumes a total mediator role in association between the positive separation- individuation mother and the psychological well-being. The adjusted personality assumes a partial mediation in association between the positive separation-individuation father and the psychological well-being.