Przywiązanie, parentyfikacja i trauma relacyjna a status tożsamości w okresie wyłaniającej się dorosłości
Attachment, parentification and relational trauma and the status of identity in the period of emerging adulthood

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, it is young adults, not adolescents, who facethe challenge of determining their own identity. This process,compared to previous generations, takes place inqualitatively different conditions. Moreover, the current attributesof an adult have become obsolete. For this reason,making the vision of oneself reality may be associated withvarious difficulties. The root of the failure to clarify identityis to be found in the original bond with the guardian andin all experiences that disrupt attachment. Among thesetypes of experiences, relational trauma and parentificationare worth mentioning. Relational trauma can be said to bewhen a child experiences repeated neglect in the contextof a close relationship. A similar phenomenon is parentification.The aim of the research is to check 1) whetherthere are significant differences between the identifiedidentity statuses and 2) whether the variables (attachmentstyle, experience of parentification and relational trauma)differentiate the identity status in the period of emerging adulthood. Three identity statuses are distinguished:Identity of anxiety type (N = 23), identity of diffuse type(N = 30) and identity of type achieved (N = 43). Eachtype differs in terms of both the experiences and the severityof the identity dimensions.

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