Some refinements of the separation-individuation concept in light of research on infants.
The separation-individuation concept, though clinically useful, has been called into question in a critique based on systematic infant research. While an effective rejoinder to the critique can be offered, the critique plus the rejoinder nonetheless require some modifications of the initial separation-individuation concept. Following a summary of the argument, I offer those modifications here.
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Department of psychiatry (psychology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, New York.
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005201:Fantasy; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007207:Individuation; D007223:Infant; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D002666:Psychology, Child