Evidence of codependency in women with an alcoholic parent

Helping out Mr. Wrong

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10157718
AutoresDeborah S Lyon (University of Arizona, autor de correspondencia), Deborah Lyon, Jeff Greenberg (0000-0002-2206-0771)
Año1991
Volumen61
Número3
Páginas435-439
Fecha de publicación1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.61.3.435
PMID1941514
OpenAlexW4233758490
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas6

A conceptualization of codependency and its development, which is based largely on the writings of Karen Horney, is presented. It is proposed that having learned to obtain approval and self-esteem by conforming to the demands of an exploitive person, women with alcoholic parents will continue to seek opportunities to help such people. On the basis of this analysis, it was hypothesized that women with alcoholic parents would be more helpful to an experimenter portrayed as exploitive than to one portrayed as nurturant; women with nonalcoholic parents were expected to exhibit the opposite pattern. The results strongly supported the existence of codependent behavior in the women with alcoholic parents. The implication of these findings and directions for future research were briefly discussed

Conceptualization · Developmental psychology · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Family Support in Illness · Homelessness and Social Issues · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes