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Intergenerational transmission: individuation and intimacy across three generations.

D M Lawson1, D F Brossart

  • 1Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. dlawson@tamu.edu

Family Process
|January 23, 2002
PubMed
Summary

This study shows how family dynamics, like individuation, transmit across generations. Higher individuation in parents strongly predicted its transmission to their spouses, impacting family health.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Family Studies
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Examines intergenerational family processes across three generations.
  • Utilizes Williamson's Personal Authority in the Family System (PAFS) framework.
  • Views psychological health as linked to individuation and intimacy within the family of origin.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the intergenerational transmission of family processes.
  • To assess the role of Personal Authority in the Family System (PAFS) in this transmission.
  • To identify key predictors of transmission, including individuation and intimacy.

Main Methods:

  • Employed a three-generation study design.
  • Applied Williamson's Personal Authority in the Family System (PAFS) construct.

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  • Analyzed relationships between parent-child and spousal dynamics, including fusion/individuation and triangulation.

    • Main Results:

    • Found support for the intergenerational transmission hypothesis.
    • Participant-parent relationship to participant-spouse relationship (spousal fusion/individuation) was the strongest predictor.
    • Spousal fusion/individuation showed moderate effects for females and large effects for males.
    • Nuclear family triangulation was weakly predicted by parent and spouse variables, with no gender effect.

    Conclusions:

    • Degree of individuation is more critical than intimacy in intergenerational transmission.
    • Findings highlight the significant role of spousal fusion/individuation in family process transmission.
    • Suggests that individuation within the family system is a key factor in psychological health transmission.