Sentences with phrase «disturbed early relationships»

Narcissism is not an inevitable or instinctual phenomenon but results from disturbed early relationships with authoritarian, rejecting, overambitious, or self - sacrificing parents.

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Previous studies suggested that early childhood trauma can lead to an array of negative health outcomes and behaviors, including substance abuse, among both adolescents and adults.22 — 25 For example, childhood physical and sexual abuse has been shown to be associated with illegal drug use.26 — 28 Although these studies provide evidence that most substance abusers come from abusive homes, many of these studies have taken a «categorical» approach to examine the relationship between 1 or 2 forms of these childhood exposures and subsequent drug abuse; few studies have examined illicit drug use and abuse in relation to multiple disturbing or stressful childhood exposures.

In many cases the disturbed parent - child relationship takes the more severe form of early parental loss or prolonged, traumatic separation, or both» (Kreisman & Straus, 1989, p. 48).

In a recent book chapter entitled «Parental Alignments and Alienation Among Children of High Conflict Divorce,» Johnston and Roseby opined, «Rather than seeing this syndrome as being induced in the child by an alienating parent, as Gardner does, we propose that these «unholy alliances» are a later manifestation of the failed separation - individuation process in especially vulnerable children who have been exposed to disturbed family relationships during their early years» (10; p. 202).