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IDENTIFYING SEPARATION THREATS IN FAMILY THERAPY
Author(s) -
Argles Paul
Publication year - 1983
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.1752-0606.1983.tb01502.x
Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , accidental , separation (statistics) , variety (cybernetics) , psychology , family therapy , social psychology , criminology , psychotherapist , computer science , statistics , physics , mathematics , machine learning , artificial intelligence , acoustics
Separation anxieties are a part of normal family life, whether they arise from the progress of children toward independence or from accidental crises, which threaten the integrity of the family (Argles & Mackenzie, 1970). Family conflict tends to heighten such anxieties, and moreover they are often deliberately or unconsciously exploited, for a variety of reasons. This exploitation usually takes the form of separation threats, either explicit or implied in certain types of family transactions. Children are especially vulnerable to such threats, and experience them more commonly than may be supposed (Newson & Newson, 1968).