The Parentified Child: Early Competence or Childhood Deprivation?

Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 146-155

  Barnett, Bryanne ^a   Parker, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

attachment; boundary violation; Parentification; resilience; role reversal; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010151374     PISSN: 13606417     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360641798001695     Document Type: Article

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