title: [System analysis of social motivation III: An estimation study of security and arousal regulation in adolescence].
abstract: An experiment using a simulated spaceflight scenario was applied to 32 adolescent subjects of both sexes in order to investigate human security and arousal regulation. In adolescence, these motivational systems play a key role in achieving two reorientations: the detachment from primary caregivers and the upcoming interest in strangers, which eventually establishes a new and mature form of attachment. Based on a control model proposed in an earlier article of this series, a parameter estimation was performed which allowed for a satisfactory simulation of the actual flight behavior of most subjects. A psychologically plausible interpretation of the parameters was possible. In particular, the results obtained indicate a gender specific differentiation in the development of both motivational systems during adolescence.
authors.affiliation: Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gubler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paffrath
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bischof
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001143:Arousal; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010553:Personality Development; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D018561:Space Simulation
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zur Systemanalyse der sozialen Motivation III: Eine Astimationsstudie zur Sicherheits- und Erregungsregulation während der Adoleszenz.