E0027195

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3サイ ジテン ニオケル ボシ ブンリ ジョウタイ ト シシュンキ ノ ジガ コウゾウ トノ カンレン ニツイテ

Adolescent ego structure in relation to mother-child separation-individuation at the age of three

Japanese (日本語)

Medical journal of Kobe University

53(3/4)

79-94

1993-03

Among various stages of development, both the age of three and adolescence are very important as the periods when remarkable expansion and socialization of the ego can be perceived. The former is the time of mother-child separation and the latter is the period in which one develops his/her social ego identity. We had selected a group of three year-old children and examined their mental development patterns regarding separation-individuation. Ten years later, we re-examined the same children at the age of thirteen, comparing the results with those of the previous examination. In this paper, we will describe results with those of the previous examination. In this paper, we will describe this follow-up study focusing on the common features of these two developmental phases: one's infantile anxiety would persevere up to his/her adolescence, and the tension and anxiety experienced in his/her adolescence could be originated from those of the early childhood. The members of the Group A are those children who showed evidence of normal separation at the age of three. They give healthy ego structure which matches with the age. The members of the Group B are those children whose psychic immaturity resulted in lack of anxiety and tension at playroom situation. They gave low levels of social self-awareness and underdeveloped personality patterns at the age of thirteen. The members of the group C are those children who appeared to have achieved, at the age of three, adequate mother-child separation at home but manifested marked anxiety and tension at playroom situation. They gave no deviation as measured by the self-awareness Ration Scale and by Neurotic Tendency Inventry as measured by the Self-awareness Rating Scale and by Neurotic Tendency Inventry at the age of thirteen. But some items of the questionnaire to their mothers revealed the presence of strong anxiety and defensiveness in the mother-son/daughter relationship. The members of the group D are those children who disclosed their poor independence at home and marked anxiety and tension at playroom situation at the age of three. They gave low levels of self-awareness and high levels of anxiety in social scene. These results indicate that the interpersonal separation at the age of three and the interpersonal separation at the adolescence have a close interrelationship which is especially evident in difference in coping with anxiety and tension in various situation.

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