Open AccessExpanding and Extending the Role Reversal Construct in Early Childhood
Author(s) -
Amy K. Nuttall,
Ruth Speidel,
Kristin Valentino
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of child and family studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.879
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1573-2843
pISSN - 1062-1024
DOI - 10.1007/s10826-019-01490-w
Subject(s) - psychology , salience (neuroscience) , developmental psychology , construct (python library) , early childhood , cognitive psychology , computer science , programming language
Role reversal or boundary dissolution (BD) refers to the breakdown of expected parent-child roles and poses risk to development. Although retrospective reports in adulthood demonstrates that the emotional aspects of BD negatively influence self-concept, examination of BD in early childhood typically focuses on BD broadly as a reversal of parent-child roles rather than isolating the emotional aspects of BD. In addition, empirical work has yet to distinguish between mother and child engagement in BD despite the strong theoretical emphasis on this distinction.