Adolescent Autonomy in Parent-child Relations

The role and functions of the adolescent-parent relations are considered as characteristics of the social situation of development. The developmental processes of the value, emotional, cognitive and behavioral components of autonomy in their heterochrony are discussed. The results of the research demonstrated complicated non-linear relationship between the level of personality autonomy and child-parent relation's parameters (the level of parent's control, the adolescent's independence and self-management competence, communication and cooperation with parents). (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.