Autonomy Or The Autonomies? Trait Consistency And Situation Specificity

Abstract

Reports of a series of item and factor analyses of a number of sentence-completion and multiple-choice measures of autonomy in children are presented. Factors suggested in early versions of the tests were strengthened in later versions. Various factor analyses were performed on 2041 children averaging age 12, using four separate and progressive versions of the measure. Autonomy was differentiated into independence when faced with obstacles, in the face of parental pressure, in the face of peer pressure, and in traumatic situations. The results are discussed as supporting the interactionist position in the situation-specific and trans-situational trait-consistency controversy.

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