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Parental antecedents of adult codependency
Author(s) -
Crothers Marciana,
Warren Lynda W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199603)52:2<231::aid-jclp14>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - psychology , coercion (linguistics) , developmental psychology , dependency (uml) , clinical psychology , systems engineering , engineering , philosophy , linguistics
Two aspects of codependency were investigated among 442 undergraduates. First, parental antecedents were examined by subjects completing measures of codependency, perceived parental dysfunctions (compulsivity, chemical dependency, and codependency), and parental styles (coercion, control, and non‐nurturance). As expected, correlations between adult codependency and parental coercion, control, non‐nurturance, and maternal compulsivity were significant. However, correlations between codependency and parental chemical dependency were not significant. A multiple regression analysis identified parental codependency and maternal coercion as significant predictors of subject codependency. To examine the second aspect of codependency, which assumes that codependency was identified over 40 years ago by Karen Horney, subjects completed a loss of self measure which correlated highly with codependency. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.