separation-individuation

the process usually seen in infants by which the child identifies itself as different from the primary caretaker while maintaining an emotional attachment.

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Separation-individuation, exploration, and identity diffusion as mediators of the relationship between attachment and career indecision.

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He discusses the development of character, the process of a second separation-individuation, the capacity for affect regulation and the related self-reflective function, and the treatment of adolescent clients, through clinical vignettes from his previously published works.

Character formation and identity in adolescence; clinical and developmental issues

The relationship between masculinity ideology, loneliness, and separation-individuation difficulties.

On fear and loathing in the fragile masculine self

Blos expanded the theory of separation-individuation in early childhood (Mahler, Pine, & Bergman, 1975) to the period of adolescence.

Patrones de individualizacion en adolescentes eslovenos y la relacion con su percepcion sobre sus padres, amigos y profesores

In this paper, the relationship between the GRC paradigm and men's separation-individuation difficulties and loneliness is investigated.

Gender role conflict and separation-individuation difficulties: their impact on college men's loneliness

In this research, the children's emotional state was studied in the theoretical context of separation-individuation processes.

The social life and emotional state of adolescent children of parents who are blind and sighted: a pilot study

The aim of the present study was examine the characteristics of separation-individuation in Turkish high school students and to investigate the contribution of sociodemographic variables on this second individuation process of adolescence.

The characteristics of separation-individuation in Turkish high school students

To develop identity and a sense of personal power, adolescents must experience secure connection and attachment with their parents coupled with healthy separation-individuation (Grotevant & Cooper, 1985; Josselson, 1988; Ryan & Lynch, 1989).

Existential resistance to life: ambivalence, avoidance & control

Faber continues his examination of object relations theories in chapter two, giving special attention to Mahler's work on the separation-individuation process.

Prayer as an indicator of health or neurosis

Recapitulation of Separation-Individuation Processes When the Normal Three-Year-Old Enters Nursery School," in Separation-Individuation, p.

The childhood we have lost: when siblings were caregivers, 1900-1970

Within these works, this female identity is based on relationship-differentiation rather than separation-individuation to reconcile confining gender roles of community with the need for an individual feminine self.

Gender-Voice-Vernacular

Social contradictions include the expectation of separation-individuation (separating from parents to develop one's own identity) and feminism.