Dangerous transitions and the traumatized adolescent

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Research presented concerns the developmental psychology of adolescents, focusing on how teenagers mediate their changing internal and external environments. Topics addressed include the effects of a traumatic environment on adolescent psychopathology, as well as clinical treatments and the experience of transference.

Transference (Psychology)

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Trauma and deferred action in the reality of adolescence

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Research presented concerns adolescent developmental psychology, focusing on how the realities of adolescence can be tied to a vulnerability to trauma. The authors explore the concept of deferred action, and how it relates to past childhood experiences of trauma.

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Psychological trauma in adolescence: familial disillusionment and loss of personal identity

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This article details trauma theory and the factors that identify traumatized adolescents. A comparison of two case studies that deal with adolescent girls who experienced trauma reveals that the most important predictor of future resilience and positive adjustment is the dynamic of the parent-child relationship.

Psychological aspects, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Identity

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