Burdened Children: Theory, Research, and Treatment of Parentification / Edition 1

by Nancy D. Chase

Overview

This volume is a comprehensive study of parentification in the family—children who fulfill the role of parents to their own parents or to their siblings, almost always at the expense of their own development. The book is divided into two sections: theory and research and contextual perspectives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761907640
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/20/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: THEORY AND RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES
Parentification - Nancy D Chase
An Overview of Theory, Research and Societal Issues
Cross-Sex and Same-Sex Family Alliances - Deborah Jacobvitz, Shelley Riggs and Elizabeth Johnson
Immediate and Long-Term Effects on Sons and Daughters
Workaholic Children - Bryan E Robinson
One Method of Fulfilling the Parentification Role
Parentification of Siblings of Children with Disability or Chronic Disease - Suzanne Lamorey
Assessing Childhood Parentification - Gregory J Jurkovic, Richard Morrell and Alison Thirkield
Guidelines for Researchers and Clinicians
PART TWO: CLINICAL AND CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES
Object Relations Therapy of Individuals with Narcissistic and Masochistic Parentification Styles - Marolyn Wells and Rebecca Jones
Therapeutic Rituals and Rites of Passage - Helen W Coale
Helping Parentified Children and Their Families
Trauma, Invisibility and Loss - Bruce Lackie
Multiple Metaphors of Parentification
Parentification in the Context of the African American Family - Louis P Anderson
The Archetype of the Parentified Child - Paula M Reeves
A Psychosomatic Presence

Editorial Reviews

Defines parentified children as children who are compelled to perform the role of parent at the expense of their own developmental needs, and examines causes and consequences of parentification in the family, covering both theoretical and clinical topics. Examines research related to parentification and gender, work addiction, families with a disabled or ill child, and assessment for clinical or research practices. Addresses interventions and theoretical orientations, and looks at parentification in cultural and ethnic contexts. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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