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Dreilinger, Douglas H.; Kurtz, Theodore S. – Journal of Family Counseling, 1976
Based on work with university students and on the psychoanalytic literature on Separation-Individuation it is hypothesized that for certain students the university milieu becomes a surrogate family. Graduation is a trauma-ridden experience akin to expulsion from one's family and is often accompanied by regressive behavior and clinical depression.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Behavior Patterns, College Graduates, Crisis Intervention