Personal adjustment, assumed similarity to parents, and inferred parental-evaluations of the self.

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A quantitative test is provided to evaluate the hypothesis that the maladjusted individual tends to feel isolated and different from important figures in his environment. Further, that the maladjusted individual sees himself as being dissimilar to his parents than the person who is free of emotional problems. The results support the hypothesis that well-adjusted people perceive themselves as being more like parents than those maladjusted. No support is given for the hypothesis that well-adjusted people perceive themselves as more similar to the parent of the same sex than to the parent of the opposite sex. An unexpected finding was that women perceive themselves as less like parents than do men. This suggests that women feel more distant from parents than men. 17 references. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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