Conceptual and clinical dilemmas in defining and assessing role reversal in young child-caregiver relationships

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

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 43-66

  Bellow, Shana M ^a   Boris, Neil W ^a   Larrieu, Julie A ^a   Lewis, Marva L ^b   Elliot, Ashley ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment disturbance; Infant and child development; Parent child relationship; Parentification; Role reversal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85082899407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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