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Family Separation‐Individuation Tolerance‐A Developmental Conceptualization of the Nuclear Family
Author(s) -
Farley Joan E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1979.tb00555.x
Subject(s) - individuation , conceptualization , psychology , loevinger's stages of ego development , developmental psychology , experiential learning , personality development , id, ego and super ego , nuclear family , family therapy , psychotherapist , personality , social psychology , sociology , artificial intelligence , computer science , mathematics education , anthropology
Family health is dependent upon the individual family members' capacity to establish mature relationships with one another. The development of these relationships occurs through the experiential ranging of family members between the poles of symbiotic union and individuation, a continual process of ego development through self‐other differentiation. A model which encompasses the family system's tolerance for ranging is presented in this paper. The model aids the clinician in making a family developmental diagnosis and in understanding family treatment as a growth experience.