title: The parental self-concept: a theoretical exploration and practical application.
abstract: The psychological birth of a parent is a highly complex affective and cognitive process, generating in a mother or father a sense of self-as-parent. Selected literature on the subject is reviewed, a definition proposed, and the concept of the parental self explored theoretically. The relevance of the concept to psychotherapeutic work with parents is considered.
authors: Human Services Development Institute.
authors: Susan E
authors: SE
authors: Partridge
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002668:Child Rearing; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept