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Conceptual Links Between Byng‐Hall's Theory of Parentification and the Emotional Security Hypothesis *
Author(s) -
Davies Patrick T.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2002.41317.x
Subject(s) - psychology , emotional security , developmental psychology , social psychology
Guided by our emotional security hypothesis, this commentary expands on Byng‐Hall's article by addressing the role interparental difficulties play in the development of parentification. The implications that recent methodological advances have for empirically testing family models of insecurity are discussed.