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ArticleJournal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence2026

How autonomy-supportive parenting fosters adolescent identity across the transition to higher education: The role of an authentic inner compass.

Sam Houthuys, Branko Vermote, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Wim Beyers, Peter Prinzie, Bart Soenens

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Article in Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Sam HouthuysUniversiteit Gent Vakgroep Ontwikkelings- Persoonlijkheids- en Sociale Psychologie, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0009-5073-4962
Branko VermoteUniversiteit Gent Vakgroep Ontwikkelings- Persoonlijkheids- en Sociale Psychologie, Ghent, Belgium.
Maarten VansteenkisteUniversiteit Gent Vakgroep Ontwikkelings- Persoonlijkheids- en Sociale Psychologie, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6983-3607
Wim BeyersUniversiteit Gent Vakgroep Ontwikkelings- Persoonlijkheids- en Sociale Psychologie, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4721-0251
Peter PrinzieUniversiteit Gent Vakgroep Ontwikkelings- Persoonlijkheids- en Sociale Psychologie, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3441-7157
Bart SoenensUniversiteit Gent Vakgroep Ontwikkelings- Persoonlijkheids- en Sociale Psychologie, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1581-3656

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 1172726NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G0DCB23N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the transition from high school to higher education, late adolescents are faced with numerous decisions that can significantly impact their identity, such as choosing a major. This study investigated the role of late adolescents' sense of having an authentic inner compass (AIC)-the sense of knowing what is truly important to them by having personally endorsed values, preferences, and goals-in identity development. Moreover, we tested whether basic autonomy-supportive parenting and more identity-specific autonomy-supportive practices can facilitate late adolescents' sense of having an AIC and subsequent identity development. A three-wave longitudinal study involved 377 families with an adolescent from the 12th grade of Flemish secondary education during the transition to higher education (69.1% girls, M

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Adolescent BehaviorParentingPersonal AutonomySelf ConceptSocial IdentificationAdolescentAdolescent DevelopmentBelgiumFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleParent-Child Relationsauthentic inner compass (AIC)autonomy‐supportive parentingidentity developmentlate adolescentsstudy choice commitment

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PMID42477969
PMCPMC13385654

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