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Niemela, Pirkko – 1981
Results of a longitudinal study provide several insights into the idealization of motherhood, the idealization of mothers' relationships with their children in the years from 1 to 4, and the development of children of women who idealize motherhood. In the mother, idealization is associated with low self-esteem, denial of ambivalent feelings and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development
