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Reconstructions of Family Relationships: Parent-Child Alliances, Personal Distress, and Self-Esteem.

Jacobvitz, Deborah B.; Bush, Nell F. – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined how women's reconstruction of various family patterns during childhood and adulthood relate to levels of depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. Found that women who recalled cross-generational alliances or triangulated family patterns, and whose parents were emotionally distant, were more at risk for depression, anxiety, and low…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Behavior Patterns, College Students