Family Cohesion and Enmeshment: Different Constructs, Different Effects.

Barber, Brian K.; Buehler, Cheryl

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ERIC Number: EJ537237

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Publication Date: 1996

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Family Cohesion and Enmeshment: Different Constructs, Different Effects.

Barber, Brian K.; Buehler, Cheryl

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v58 n2 p433-41 May 1996

Argues that cohesion is a measure of supportive interactions and that enmeshment is a measure of psychological control. In a study of children and adolescents, cohesion was associated negatively with both internalizing and externalizing adolescent problem behaviors. Enmeshment was related positively with youth problems, and more strongly with internalizing problems. (RJM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Characteristics, Family Environment, Family Problems, Psychological Needs, Psychological Patterns, Youth Problems

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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