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Macfie, Jenny; Houts, Renate M.; McElwain, Nancy L.; Cox, Martha J. – Social Development, 2005
Role reversal is a relationship disturbance in which a parent looks to a child to meet a parent's need for comfort, parenting, intimacy or play, and the child attempts to meet these needs. The current study examined, within a developmental psychopathology framework, the effect of father and mother role reversal with toddlers on the development of…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Behavior Problems, Mothers, Intimacy