The pioneering contribution to infant psychology that gave us separation and individuation documents with standard-setting care the intrapsychic process of a child's emergence from symbiotic fusion wi.

Separation-individuation in perspective. Overview -- Evolution and functioning of the research setting -- On human symbiosis and the subphases of the separation-individuation process. The forerunners of the separation-individuation process -- The first subphase: differentiation and the development of the body image -- The second subphase: practicing -- The third subphase: rapprochement -- The fourth subphase: consolidation of individuality and the beginnings of emotional object constancy -- Five children's subphase development. Bruce -- Donna -- Wendy -- Teddy -- Sam -- Summary and reflections. Variations within the subphases with special reference to differentiation -- The epigenesis of separation anxiety, basic mood, and primitive identity -- Reflections on core identity and self-boundary formation -- Some concluding remarks about the significance of the rapprochement crisis -- Appendices. The data analysis and its rationale: a case study in systematic clinical research. Appendix A. The available data -- Appendix B.A research rationale -- Appendix C. Some research strategies.