Transizione all’età adulta tra affetto ed etica: quali effetti per i giovani?

[Autom. eng. transl.] In the chapter of Alfieri and Marta, the analysis of the dimensions of trust and relational well-being in connection with the propensity to autonomy and the capacity to take on commitments and responsibilities in the process of transition to adult life, is further deepened by coming to the construction of four profiles . The first is that of the "disheartened". It is numerically the least consistent and is characterized by low support and high parental control. The young people who are part of it have a lower rate of autonomy together with a greater degree of passivity and distrust of others. Within them, the female component is overrepresented and who is in the condition of NEET. The second is that of "generatives". It is the most numerous and is composed of young people with parents who exercise a moderate level of control and a good level of support. They present a low propensity for deviance and a high psycho-social adaptation. As the two authors write: the parents of this group are the ones who better than all the others manage to be effective mediators between the person and the socio-cultural context [...] the task of generative parents is not just to generate and take care of the offspring, but also that of "letting them go". Here too women prevail but, unlike the previous cluster, the degree of autonomy and trust are high and sensitivity to social commitment is high and the third profile is that of the "bound in transition". Parental control is high but, compared to the first group, the level of support is higher. The typical component of this cluster is a young student in the transition phase between late adolescence and adulthood, relatively far from the commitments of the adult state, with still good confidence in the outside world and a strong focus on environmental issues. The last group is that of the "disengaged". It presents similar structural characteristics with the first but with the relevant difference that here the males prevail and that the presence of the father figure is more inadequate (in terms of support rather than control). It is the profile that corresponds to the lowest degree of trust and responsibility. Reduced planning and involvement in voluntary activities. We therefore find empirical support for the hypotheses advanced also in other researches on the strong predictive value of the paternal role with respect to the prosociality of the children. The comparison with the second group, more positively adaptive, highlights as a key element the father more than the mother and the discriminating factor the support rather than the control. More generally, the growing demand for generative fathers remains largely unfulfilled. A role in which the old figure of the representative and defender of the law is integrated and condensed, as a dispenser of justice and the most recent figure of an empathetic, supportive father, giver of meaning, accompanying, in his own way, the labyrinth of growth of sons.