A propos de la crise d'identite sexuelle de dix jeunes americains, ages de 18 a 24 ans, vivant en france
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Abstract EN:
The difficulty encountered by ten young americans, men and women, single and married, to develop emotionally so as to have a stable sexual identity is due to a great extent to the structure of the american family, being itself a victim of the technological society. There are no defined roles, nor a real separation between parents and children. The mother is the only strong personality on whom the family depends, including the father. Consequently, the children assume inappropriate roles in the family, especially toward the mother. They hesitate to "abandon" her and remain fixated at certain periods of their past lives. It is through an emotional crisis that the subjects were able to relive certain past conflicts and to work them through, not only to re-establish their equilibrium, but also to advance toward the stage of life desired, that of adulthood with a sexual identity and a role acceptable to them and by others.
Abstract FR:
La difficulte de dix jeunes americains, hommes et femmes, maries et celibataires, a se developper psychologiquement et affectivement pour avoir une identite sexuelle stable, est due, en grande partie, a la structure de la famille americaine, ellememe victime de la societe technologique. On n'y trouve pas de roles definis, ni de reelle separation entre parents et enfants. La mere est le personnage fort dont la famille depend, le pere inclus. En consequence, les enfants assument des roles inappropries dans la famille, et specialement envers la mere. Ils hesitent a "l'abandonner" et restent fixes a certaines periodes de leur vie passee. C'est a travers une crise emotionnelle que les sujets ont pu revivre certains conflits de leur passe et les perlaborer, non seulement pour arriver a retablir leur equilibre, mais pour avancer vers le stade de vie desire, celui de l'age adulte avec une identite sexuelle et un role acceptables par eux et par les autres.