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Repressive adaptation and family environment.

H Steiner1

  • 1Division of Child Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304.

Acta Paedopsychiatrica
|January 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary

Adolescent repressors, individuals who downplay anxiety, often come from families with high cohesion and expressiveness. This suggests repressive adaptation may be a strategy to cope with idealized family environments.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Family Studies
  • Adolescent Development

Background:

  • Adaptive styles, such as repressive adaptation, influence how individuals perceive and interact with their environment.
  • Family environment significantly impacts adolescent psychological development and coping mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between repressive adaptation and the family environments of adolescents in clinical samples.
  • To determine if adolescents with a repressive coping style exhibit distinct family environment characteristics.

Main Methods:

  • A sample of 221 adolescent clinical patients was categorized into four groups based on the Marlowe Crowne Social Desirability Scale and Trait Anxiety Inventory scores: repressors, impression managers, high anxious, and low anxious.
  • Family environments were assessed using the Family Environment Scale.
  • Statistical analyses included MANOVA, Scheffe, and discriminate function analysis.

Main Results:

  • Repressive adaptation was significantly associated with distinct family environments (p = 0.0001).
  • Families of adolescent repressors were characterized by high cohesion, expressiveness, independence, and organization.
  • Conversely, these families showed low levels of achievement orientation, conflict, control, and incongruence.

Conclusions:

  • Repressive adaptation in adolescents may serve as a coping mechanism to adapt to perceived idealized family environments.
  • The findings highlight the interplay between individual coping styles and familial dynamics in adolescent clinical populations.

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