- separation anxiety
- noun Date: 1943 a form of anxiety experienced by a young child and caused by separation from a significant nurturant figure and typically a parent or from familiar surroundings
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separation anxiety
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separation anxiety — n a form of anxiety that is caused by separation from a significant nurturant figure and typically a parent or from familiar surroundings and that has an onset during childhood or sometimes adolescence * * * a state of distress and fear at the… … Medical dictionary
Separation anxiety disorder — Separation anxiety is a psychological condition in which an individual has excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment (like a father and mother). Background Present in… … Wikipedia
separation anxiety — 1. the normal fear and apprehension expressed by infants when removed from their mothers or approached by strangers. 2. any similar reaction in later life caused by separation from familiar surroundings or close friends or family. * * * noun… … Useful english dictionary
separation anxiety — 1. the normal fear and apprehension expressed by infants when removed from their mothers or approached by strangers. 2. any similar reaction in later life caused by separation from familiar surroundings or close friends or family. * * * … Universalium
separation anxiety disorder — noun A psychological condition in which an individual experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment … Wiktionary
separation anxiety disorder — noun Psychology a condition in which one experiences excessive and developmentally inappropriate anxiety on separation from one s home or from those to whom one is attached …
separation anxiety disorder — [DSM IV] excessive, prolonged, developmentally inappropriate anxiety and apprehension in a child concerning removal from parents, home, or familiar surroundings … Medical dictionary
separation anxiety — noun a) A psychological condition in some children, characterized by apprehension when separated from a parent b) Similar anxious behaviour of a domestic animal in the absence of its owner … Wiktionary
separation anxiety — fear of abandonment, person s fear of being neglected by someone close to him which causes this person to act very dependently and to be depressed … English contemporary dictionary
separation anxiety — a state of distress and fear at the prospect of leaving secure surroundings, such as is experienced by some children when they must leave parents to go to school. It is often caused by insecure attachment … The new mediacal dictionary
