The literature suggests that some children at increased risk of parentification, which includes
children of chronically ill or substance-misusing parents and children of divorced or migrant …

Parentification occurs when youth are forced to assume developmentally inappropriate
parent-or adult-like roles and responsibilities. This review thoroughly examines current …

Objective This purpose of this article is to contribute to the literature on the lived experiences
of parentification, its long‐term consequences to the self, and coping strategies related to …

Individuals with a disabled sibling (WDS) are more likely than individuals without a disabled
sibling (WODS) to select a helping profession (Martins, 2007). However, research focusing …

Temperamental sensitivity (TS), which is a correlated suite of traits reflecting a lower
threshold of environmental stimulation and heightened responsivity to a range of …

Parentification occurs when children are unfairly charged with fulfilling parental instrumental
and emotional needs. Parentification is associated with risk to evaluative self cognitions from …

BACKGROUND The term “parentification” was coined by the authors of the family systems
theory. Minuchin et al.(1967) drew attention to the weakness of a family in which the parental …

For many years, clinical case studies that have focused on the intergenerational effects of
Holocaust trauma have indicated that second-generation Holocaust survivors (SGHSs) often …

There are only a few instruments that assess for parentification in adults and even fewer that
examine current levels of parentification among adolescents. The original Parentification …

Previous research has offered mixed evidence on whether obligation in relationships
benefits or harms individuals and their relationships. Given that few studies are prospective …