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boundary ambiguity: a standalone construct

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Family studies

uncertainty within a family about who is in or out of the family system, which raises stress after losses or separations.

In family studies, boundary ambiguity refers to uncertainty within a family about who is in or out of the family system, which raises stress after losses or separations. This meaning comes from Boss (1984) in Family Process.[1]

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ambiguity5 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs boundary4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs family3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Boss, P., & Greenberg, J. (1984). Family Boundary Ambiguity: A New Variable in Family Stress Theory. Family Process, 23(4), 535-546. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1984.00535.x

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