Relationship DisordersOverinvolved Relationship Disorder

Behavioral Quality
• Parent often interferes
• Parent dominates, overcontrols
• Makes develop. inappropriate demands
• Infant may be difuse, unfocused, undifferent.
• Infant submissive, overcompliant or defiant
• May have lack of motor skills or language expression

Affective Tone
• Parent may have periods of anxiety, depression or anger. Lack of consistency in interaction
• Infant may react passively or express anger and obstinacy directly and whine

Psychological Involv.
• Parent may perceive infant as partner or peer may romanticize or erotize
• Parent does not see infant as separate
• Lack interest in infant’s uniqueness
• Diffuse generational boundary
• Confidante
• Extreme physical closeness
• Meet parent’s own needs
• No reciprocity

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