Symonds, PM

...This refers to the situation in which mothers have become more controlling of their children due to factors such as close mother-child relationships resulting from the trend towards nuclear families after World War II, a decrease in the number of children, more leisure time for housewives, and an increase in the rate of people continuing on to higher education, making it easier for children to develop a weak sense of independence, a dependent, and irresponsible personality. American psychologist P.M. Symonds showed parents' attitudes toward their children along two axes: dominant or submissive, and rejecting or protective, and called excessively dominant or protective attitudes "over protection" (1939). However, in Japan, overprotection often involves both a controlling side and a submissive side that follows the child's demands, and this is common to doting. ...

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…これは第2次世界大戦後の核家族化による母子密着，子ども数の減少，主婦の余暇時間の増加，進学率の上昇などの要因により，母の子に対する支配が強まった状況を指し，独立心の弱い，依存的で無責任な性格を作りやすい。アメリカの心理学者サイモンズP.M.Symondsは，親の子に対する態度を，支配的か服従的か，拒否的か保護的かという二つの軸によって示し，過度の支配的･保護的態度をオーバー･プロテクションover protectionとした(1939)。しかし日本での過保護は，子を支配する面と同時に，子の要求に従う服従的な面をもつ場合が多く，溺愛とも共通する。…

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