Implications of Parent-Child Boundary Dissolution for Developmental Psychopathology: “Who Is the Parent and Who Is the Child?” 9780789030900, 078903090X, 9780789030917, 0789030918, 2005016888

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
About the Contributors
Introduction: Contributions of the Investigation of Boundary Dissolution to the Understanding of Developmental Psychopathology and Family Process
Conceptual and Methological Issues
Revisiting the Construct of Boundary Dissolution: A Multidimensional Perspective
Conceptual and Clinical Dilemmas in Defining and Assessing Role Reversal in Young Child-Caregiver Relationships
Boundary Dissolution in The Family System
The Developmental and Adaptational Implications of Generational Boundary Dissolution: Findings from a Prospective, Longitudinal Study
Antecedents of Boundary Disturbances in Families with Young Children: Intergenerational Transmission and Parent-Infant Caregiving Patterns
Family Processes and Children's Representations of Parentification
Interparental Conflict as Intrusive Family Process
Boundary Dissolution in High Risk Families
Redefining the Parent-Child Relationship Following Divorce: Examining the Risk for Boundary Dissolution
Is It Alienating Parenting, Role Reversal or Child Abuse? A Study of Children's Rejection of a Parent in Child Custody Disputes
Cultural Perspectives on Boundary Dissolution
Role of Filial Responsibility in the Post-War Adjustment of Bosnian Young Adolescents
Psychological Control, Maternal Emotion and Cognition, and Child Outcomes in Individualist and Collectivist Groups
Vulnerable Adults, Resourceful Children: Generational Boundary Dissolution as a Theme in Twentieth Century American Novels
Index

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Patricia K. Kerig, PhD

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