ERIC Number: EJ372857
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Publication Date: 1987
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Comparing and Contrasting Siblings: Defining the Self.
Schachter, Frances Fuchs; Stone, Richard K.
Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, v19 n3-4 p55-75 Spr 1987
Deidentification is the phenomenon whereby siblings are defined as different or contrasting. In pathological deidentification, the natural flow of sibling conflict and reconciliation seems obstructed as one sibling is assigned the fixed identity of "devil," who constantly harasses the other, "angel," sibling. A clinical strategy to remedy this is proposed. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Psychology, Childhood Attitudes, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Relationship, Individual Differences, Mental Health, Parent Child Relationship, Pediatrics, Peer Relationship, Personality, Prevention, Psychological Needs, Psychopathology, Siblings, Social Cognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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