"Why do they have to grow up so fast?" Parental separation anxiety and emerging adults' pathology of separation-individuation

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 647-664

  Kins, Evie ^a   Soenens, Bart ^a   Beyers, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pathology; Psychological control; Separation anxiety; Separation individuation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958043160     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20786     Document Type: Article

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