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enmeshment: a standalone construct

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Family studies

excessive family closeness in which psychological boundaries blur and individual autonomy is undermined, treated as different from healthy cohesion.

In family studies, enmeshment refers to excessive family closeness in which psychological boundaries blur and individual autonomy is undermined, treated as different from healthy cohesion. This meaning comes from Barber (1996) in Journal of Marriage and the Family.[1]

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autonomy6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs boundary dissolution1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct boundary4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Barber, B. K., & Buehler, C. (1996). Family Cohesion and Enmeshment: Different Constructs, Different Effects. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 58(2), 433. https://doi.org/10.2307/353507

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