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Article: Separation-individuation, adult attachment style, and college adjustment. (Research).
- Article from:
- Journal of Counseling and Development
- Article date:
- September 22, 2002
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Separation-individuation is a normative developmental task that is presumed to have significant adaptational consequences for adolescents and young adults. Although this process has been variously conceived in both the evolving object relations tradition (Blos, 1979; Josselson, 1988) and family systems theory (Allison & Sabatelli, 1988; Gavazzi & Sabatelli, 1990), there is an emerging consensus that it minimally involves a renegotiation of family relationships in such a way that independence and autonomy are attained within a context of ongoing relationships with caregivers. The press toward individuation requires the young adult to shed parental dependencies, yet this ...