December 4, 2025Child & Family Social WorkOpen Access

The Role of Emotional Parentification in Linking Psychological Abuse and Parental Conflict to Adolescents' Internalised Problems

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Analysis reveals psychological abuse ties to internalised problems in adolescents, indicating emotional parentification is a significant link.

Emotional parentification is a key mechanism linking psychological abuse to internalised problems.
Psychological abuse correlates with emotional parentification, leading to internalised issues in adolescents.
Assessment using structural equation modelling shows the relationship between psychological abuse, emotional parentification, and internalised problems.
Findings support family-based interventions targeting emotional parentification to reduce adolescent internalised problems.

Luka Stanić (2025) studied this question.

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Analysis reveals psychological abuse ties to internalised problems in adolescents, indicating emotional parentification is a significant link.