A behavioral exploration of dependent and independent mildly mentally retarded adolescents and their mothers

Hunt, Elizabeth; Browning, Philip; Nave, Gary

doi:10.1016/0270-3092(82)90003-0

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“…Although results in this area indicate that parental authoritarianism and overprotectiveness predict the development of dependent behaviors in children, it is important to note that dependent behaviors exhibited by the child may also serve to encourage and reinforce overprotective, dependency-fostering behavior in the parents. A number of studies have demonstrated that dependent behaviors exhibited by children elicit strong protective behaviors in both mothers and fathers (e.g., Hunt, Browning, & Nave, 1982;Marcus, 1975Marcus, , 1976. Other studies have demonstrated that dependent behaviors in children can result in increased parental demandingness (see Maccoby, 1980).…”

Section: The Epigenesis Of Dependencymentioning

confidence: 99%

The dependent personality: Developmental, social, and clinical perspectives.

Bornstein¹

1992

Psychological Bulletin

248

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Developmental, social, and clinical studies of dependency have produced remarkably consistent results. A review and integration of these findings allow strong conclusions to be drawn regarding the etiology and dynamics of dependency. The etiology of dependency appears to lie in overprotective, authoritarian parenting. In social settings, dependency is associated with suggestibility, conformity, compliance, interpersonal yielding, affiliative behavior, and sensitivity to interpersonal cues. Dependency predicts the onset of certain psychological disorders and follows the onset of others. It seems that the fundamental motivation of the dependent person, from which the behaviors that are exhibited in different situations are derived, is a strong desire to obtain and maintain nurturant, supportive relationships. Implications of these findings for different theoretical models of dependency are discussed.

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Section: The Epigenesis Of Dependencymentioning

confidence: 99%