0 the situation in which one person helps to cause another person's alcohol problem, drug addiction, etc. because they have a strong emotional need themselves: --
Scores on the codependency scale distinguished known groups; furthermore, scores correlated as expected with intrapersonal measures as well as interpersonal perceptions of parenting in the family of origin.
She believed that individuals in the neurotic categories of narcissism and resignation were much less susceptible to such relationships of co-dependency with an arrogant-vindictive neurotic.
An autobiographical album, the songs feature intimate lyrics which discuss the singer's personal struggles with codependency, monogamy, misplaced loyalty, and professional anxiety.
The relationship between the victim and the rescuer can be one of codependency.
The expansion of the meaning of codependency was happening very publicly.
Recovery for them entails recognising that being a control freak helped paradoxically preserve codependency itself.
This codependency is partly responsible for their success and moreover accounts for their simultaneous fall from favor, which, however, can clearly be seen as also stemming from different internal problems.
The double reference in the pronoun "his" underscores the theme of codependency.
