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ERIC Number: EJ286325
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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The Compulsive Adolescent Substance Abuser: Psychological Differentiation and Family Process.
Weidman, Arthur
Journal of Drug Education, v13 n2 p161-72 1983
Explored the relationship between psychological differentiation and locus of control among compulsive adolescent substance abusers (N=14) in a therapeutic community and their parents (N=27). Concluded that compulsive adolescent substance abusers are psychologically undifferentiated, and involved in a pseudo-individuated relationship with their mothers who are psychologically and emotionally unavailable. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Abuse, Emotional Development, Family Counseling, Individual Differences, Locus of Control, Parent Child Relationship, Psychological Characteristics, Youth Problems
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Compulsive Behavior; Differentiation