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Self knowledge: who we are is defined by (White, 1992) The things we know about ourselves, and so the stories we tell about ourselves The things others know about us and so the stories others tell about us The things a culture has defined about us and so the stories the culture tells about us
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Jo Hari Window of Self Knowledge Tufts and Ingram (1968) Known to me known to others Not known to me Known to others Known to me Not known to others Not know to me Not known to others
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Independence Dependence Interdependent Differentiation
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Weingarten (1992) Challenges closeness and sexual meanings of intimacy Developmental Tasks for Adolescents and Parents Challenges need for separation to ensure adjustment Speaks in terms of intimacy Redefines intimacy as more complex than closeness
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Intimacy Defined Weingarten (1992)(in part ) Not sexual Reciprocal relationship of sharing, listening and understanding Sharing of feelings, wishes, thoughts, activities Intimacy can be created at any moment and with anyone Fosters self knowledge Promotes differentiation, refines self knowledge and leads to emotional sturdiness
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Intimacy In this view distance is not desirable Conflict is not inevitable Separation interferes with differentiation
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Parent and Adolescent Task Relationship, not break, is crucial for teens and parents Re-negotiation of relationship, or updating of relationship based upon developmental changes
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Tasks for Parents Trust in the parenting provided to date and the knowledge imparted on their child See their role as parent changing, not stopping Continue to show interest in being connected and interested in their child’s life Encourage differentiation
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Task for Adolescents To see the lives of their parents as compelling and capable of transformation as their own. Particularly true for sons/daughters and mothers This task also true for Mother’s
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