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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779122003321

Titolo

Burdened children : theory, research and treatment of parentification / / editor, Nancy D. Chase

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London : , : SAGE, , 1999

ISBN

0-7619-0763-7

1-4522-3592-9

1-322-41355-X

1-4522-2130-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChaseNancy D

Disciplina

155.44

Soggetti

Parental influences

Stress in children

Dysfunctional families

Helping behavior in children

Role playing in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - Theory and Research Perspectives; Chapter 1 - Parentification: An Overview of Theory, Research, and Societal Issues; Chapter 2 - Cross-Sex and Same-Sex Family Alliances: Immediate and Long-Term Effects on Sons and Daughters; Chapter 3 - Workaholic Children: One Method of Fulfilling the Parentification Role; Chapter 4 - Parentification of Siblings of Children with Disability or Chronic Disease; Chapter 5 - Assessing Childhood Parentification: Guidelines for Researchers and Clinicians; Part II - Clinical and Contextual Perspectives

Chapter 6 - Object Relations Therapy for Individuals with Narcissistic and Masochistic Parentification Styles; Chapter 7 - Therapeutic Rituals and Rites of Passage: Helping Parentified Children and Their Families; Chapter 8 - Trauma, Invisibility, and Loss: Multiple Metaphors of Parentification; Chapter 9 - Parentification in the Context of the African American Family; Chapter 10 - The Archetype of the Parentified Child: A Psychosomatic Presence; Index; About the Authors



Sommario/riassunto

'Burdened Children' is a comprehensive study of children who fulfill the role of parents to their own parents or to their siblings - almost always at the expense of their own development.