title: A cognitive perspective applied to emancipation problems.
abstract: A cognitive theoretical perspective toward emotional distress and behavior disorders is described and then applied to developing both a classification of emancipation problems and a plan for intervention. Problems described include over-dependency, vacillation about dependency, and resistance to authority. The plan for intervention minimizes complications that a vigorously confrontive method often intensifies with adolescents. Instead, it entails accurate reflection of cognitions and thereby capitalizes on anti-expectation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D011617:Psychotherapy, Rational-Emotive; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*