INDEPENDENT AND INTERDEPENDENT CONSTRUAL OF THE SELF, THEIR CORRELATES, AND CONFLICTS IN FEMALE COLLEGE-STUDENTS AND THEIR MOTHERS

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the independent an d interdependent construal of the self, their correlates and conflicts in female college students and their mothers. Female college students and their mothers (99 pairs) responded to a questionnaire. As for the affected factors, the results suggested that the students were influe nced by 'past school life', by contrast with the mothers influenced by 'family'. On conflicts for the demand from the situation, in both the students and the mothers, it was found that subjects, giving priority to interdependent construal of the self, tended to feel conflicts whe n the situation demanded them to act independently; on the other hand, subjects who gave priority to independent construal of the self, tend ed to feel conflicts when the situation demanded them to act interdepe ndently. The implication of these results were discussed in terms of g eneration.