Redefining the parent-child relationship following divorce: Examining the risk for boundary dissolution

Implications of Parent-Child Boundary Dissolution for Developmental Psychopathology: "Who is the Parent and Who is the Child?"

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 169-189

  Peris, Tara S ^a   Emery, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental psychopathology; Divorce; Family systems; Parentification; Support seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85082893637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315821085-9     Document Type: Chapter

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