A Study on Individuation and Cohesion in Their Families with Junior High School students

本研究的目的是：1）总结现有的关于家庭个体化的研究; 2）对初中生家庭进行研究; 3）探讨家庭个体化和家庭凝聚力的动力及其对价值感和自我的影响。本研究于1999年10月至11月对居住在高崎和前桥的900名初中生及其父母进行了调查。通过邮件收集了来自父母和部分学生的数据。有效样本为479名国中生、287名母亲及262名父亲，主要研究结果如下：1.个体化和个性化在他们的家庭中正积极发展.大多数家庭仍然保持凝聚力，但在20%至30%的家庭中，凝聚力正在逐渐减弱。具有高度婚姻认同感的夫妇的特点是认为自己是平等的，在情感愈合方面有很高的分数，有刺激性的谈话和强烈的家庭认同感，并且倾向于在许多活动中陪伴对方。

The purpose of this study is 1) to summarize the existing studies related to individualization in the family and 2) to conduct a research on the families with junior high school students and 3) to explore the dynamism of the individuation and cohesion in the families and its influences upon the sense of value and self-esteem of the students and marital identity of their parent.The survey was conducted from October to November 1999 on 900 sets of junior high school students and their parents lived in Takasaki and Maebashi. The data from their parents and partially from the students was collected by mail. The valid sample consisted of 479 junior high school students, 287 mothers and 262 fathers.The major findings are as follows.1. Individualization and individuation are positively progressing in their families.2. Cohesion is still maintained in their most families, however in 20 to 30% of them it is gradually weakening.3. Characteristics of couples which have a high degree of marital identity regard themselves as equal, have high points on emotional healing, have stimulating conversation and a sense of strong family identity and tend to accompany each other on many activities.