In role reversal a child takes an inappropriate parental, spousal, or peer role with the
caregiver. The study assessed attachment disorganization with mother in infancy in the …

The current study examined the intergenerational transmission of role reversal within a
developmental psychopathology framework. Role reversal is a relationship disturbance in …

Attachment theory and family systems perspectives were used to explore the
intergenerational origins of an overinvolved, symbiotic parenting pattern that hampers …

We know that exposure to marital conflict places infants at risk, but we know less about
processes. One process may be role reversal, when a distressed parent looks to the child to …

Background: Attachment theory's original formulation was substantially driven by Bowlby's
(1969/1982) quest for a meaningful model of the development of psychopathology. Bowlby …

Self‐reports of role confusion with the parent in childhood are associated with a variety of
adverse outcomes. However, role‐confusion has been studied primarily from the point of …

This prospective study examined whether or not a mother's representations of her infant
were more often disrupted after premature childbirth. Furthermore, the study examined if …

This longitudinal study sought to examine the origins of maternal role satisfaction, and the
influence of mothers' perceptions of their various roles upon subsequent interactions with …

Role confusion is a deviation in the parent–child relationship such that a parent looks to a
child to meet the parent's emotional needs and abdicates, in part, the parental role in …

The purposes of the current study were:(1) to examine the roles of early maternal attachment
relationships and teacher–child relationships during childhood for externalizing and …