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Mothering Adolescent Daughters: A Psychodynamic Perspective
Author(s) -
BASSOFF EVELYN SILTEN
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1987.tb00758.x
Subject(s) - psychodynamics , individuation , psychoanalytic theory , perspective (graphical) , daughter , psychology , psychoanalysis , developmental psychology , offspring , psychotherapist , art , pregnancy , genetics , evolutionary biology , biology , visual arts
The psychology of motherhood during the daughter's adolescence is described in this article. Drawing on psychoanalytic and Jungian theoretical works as well as on research in adult development, the author describes (a) normal maternal development with an emphasis on the synergistic, maturational tasks of the mother and adolescent offspring; (b) maternal conflicts; and (c) counseling approaches that promote the mother's individuation and appropriate responses to her child.