Student's Personality Traits and Relationships with Parents as Determinants of Emerging Adulthood Criteria

Osnovni cilj ovoga rada bio je ispitati doprinos demografskih podataka (spol, dob, i suživot s roditeljima tj. odvojenost), crta ličnosti petofaktorskog modela te razine individuacije s obzirom na majku kod mladih na prijelazu u odraslu dob u objašnjenju varijance kriterija odraslosti. Pri tome se nastojala utvrditi prediktivna snaga faktora individuacije i pojedinih crta ličnosti uz kontrolu demografskih varijabli. Također,istraživanjem se ispitala i razlika u postizanju kriterija odraslosti s obzirom na dob, spol isuživot, kao i odnos istih demografskih podataka i individuacije u odnosu na majku. U tu svrhu je ispitan uzorak od 338 osoba u dobi od 18 do 32 godine. Od toga polovica ispitanika živi s roditeljima, dok druga polovica živi van roditeljske kuće, te je tek 20 posto muškog spola. Rezultati pokazuju da spol i suživot s roditeljima značajno objašnjavaju postizanje kriterija odraslosti. Odnosno, stariji ispitanici, kao i oni koji ne žive u zajednici s roditeljima postižu više kriterija odraslosti. Od crta ličnosti, savjesnost se izdvaja kao značajan pozitivni prediktor, dok se otvorenost pokazala kao supresor varijabla. Povezanost/traženje potpore i nezavisnost, kao faktori individuacije izdvajaju se kao pozitivni značajni prediktori. Utvrđeno je da žene postižu više kriterija odraslosti, kao i ispitanici koji ne žive s roditeljima, te da s porastom dobi raste i broj postignutih kriterija. Interakcijski efekt pokazuje da u skupini ispitanika koji žive s roditeljima nema razlike u postizanju kriterija odraslosti s obzirom na dob, dok u skupini ispitanika koji ne žive s roditeljima dolazi do postizanja većeg broja kriterija odraslosti porastom dobi.Pri ispitivanju odnosa demografskih podataka i individuacije u odnosu na majku pokazalo se da žene u odnosu na muškarce češće traže podršku od majke te su s njom povezanije, te da su ispitanici koji žive van roditeljskog doma nezavisniji od majke. Također, pokazalo se da s porastom dobi opada strah od razočaranja majke. Dobiveni rezultati uglavnom su sagledani u kontekstu obilježja crta ličnosti, separacije-individuacije u odnosu na roditelje, razvojnih teorija te veze navedenih s fenomenom odgođenog prijelaza u odraslu dob.The main goal of this work was to examine the contribution of sociodemografical data(gender, age, and living with/away from parents), personality traits of the five factor modeland individuation in relation to mother in explaining variance of adulthood criteria inpopulation of emerging adults. The aim was to affirm predicitive force of individuationfactors and personality traits controlling sociodemografic variables. The differencies inattaining adulthood criteria in relation to gender, age and cohabitation with or without parents,and individuation in relation to mother were also examined. For this purpose a sample of 338individuals, 18 to 32 years old, was questioned. Half of them lives with their parents, and only20 percent are males.Results show that gender and cohabitation significantly explain attainning adulthoodcriteria. Older individuals, and those who don't live with their parents attain more criteria.Among personality traits, consciousness is the significant positive predictor, while openness isthe supressor variable. Connection/support seeking and independence in relation to mother, asindividuation factors where positivley predictive of achived criteria for adulthood.It has been determined that women achieve more adulthood criteria, as well asexeminees which don't live with their parents and that the number of achieved criteriaincreases with age. Interaction effect shows that in the group of examinees which live withtheir parents, there is no difference in achieving adulthood criteria in relation to age, while inthe group of examinees which don't live with their parents the number of achieved criteriaincreases with age.Examining the relationship between demografic data and individuation in relation tomother, results show that females in comparision to males more often seek support from theirmothers and feel more related to them, as well as that individuals who don`t live with parentssee themselfs as more independent in relation to their mother. Therewith, the fear ofdisappointing the mother decreases with age.Given results are seen through characteristics of personality traits, the process ofseparation-individuation in relation to parents, developmental theories, all in connection withdelayed transition to adulthood