
ERIC Number: EJ528973
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Publication Date: 1996
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Effects of Family Structure on the Adolescent Separation-Individuation Process.
McCurdy, Susan J.; Scherman, Avraham
Adolescence, v31 n122 p307-19 Sum 1996
Examined the effects of college students' (n=90) family structures on the separation-individuation process. Family structure groups investigated were intact; divorced, mother-custody, no remarriage; and divorced, mother-custody, remarried. The components of the separation-individuation process examined were attachment to parents, conflictual independence, internal self-awareness, ego identity, and self-esteem. Discusses research findings, addressing clinical and future research findings. (KW)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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