One of the developmental tasks of late adolescence involves the integration of a desire for independence from the parents with the wish to continue a positive relationship with them. Proceeding on the basis that the transition from high school to college away from home is a crisis situation in which this problem challenges the adolescent, the authors followed twenty competent high school seniors through their first year of college. The students were rated according to 'autonomous-relatedness', that is, the capacity for integration of independent behavior and maintenance of family ties. The ratings appeared related to particular modes of parental interaction with the adolescent.