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'''Defensive detachment''' is form of self-protection when children who desperately long for connection with their same-sex parent grow to suspect that this relationship will only bring greater rejection and harm. Consequently, they tend to distance themselves from this parent in order to prevent further harm.<ref name="Nicolosi">{{cite book |author=Joseph Nicolosi |title=Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality: A New Clinical Approach|publisher=Jason Aronson |year=1997|pages=104-107|isbn=9781461630494|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3SJNXKFRnUIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Reparative+Therapy+of+Male+Homosexuality&hl=en&sa=X&ei=c5rEUfy2NIGm4AT52oG4Cg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Defensive%20detachment&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=When Passions Are Confused|author=Jeff Olson|publisher=RBC Ministries, discoveryseries.org |year=1996 |pages=14 |url=http://jesus-revolution.com/Documents/When_Passions_Are_Confused_Understanding_Homosexuality.pdf}}</ref>

'''Defensive detachment''' is form of self-protection when children who desperately long for connection with their same-sex parent grow to suspect that this relationship will only bring greater rejection and harm. Consequently, they tend to distance themselves from this parent in order to prevent further harm.<ref name="Nicolosi">{{cite book |author=Joseph Nicolosi |title=Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality: A New Clinical Approach|publisher=Jason Aronson |year=1997|pages=104–107|isbn=9781461630494|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3SJNXKFRnUIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Reparative+Therapy+of+Male+Homosexuality&hl=en&sa=X&ei=c5rEUfy2NIGm4AT52oG4Cg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Defensive%20detachment&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=When Passions Are Confused|author=Jeff Olson|publisher=RBC Ministries, discoveryseries.org |year=1996 |pages=14 |url=http://jesus-revolution.com/Documents/When_Passions_Are_Confused_Understanding_Homosexuality.pdf}}</ref>

* Parental emotional unavailability or neglect creates a great deal of distress for children who will initially engage in behaviors to reestablish attachment with the [[parent]]. If the neglect persists, however, the child is thought to defend against feelings of abandonment and fear by becoming detached and disinterested in the attachment figure. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0902/is_n3_v22/ai_15452824]

* Parental emotional unavailability or neglect creates a great deal of distress for children who will initially engage in behaviors to reestablish attachment with the [[parent]]. If the neglect persists, however, the child is thought to defend against feelings of abandonment and fear by becoming detached and disinterested in the attachment figure. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0902/is_n3_v22/ai_15452824]

==References==

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==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Causes of Homosexuality]]

*[[Causes of Homosexuality]]

[[Category:Homosexuality]]

[[Category:Homosexuality]]

[[Category:Psychology]]

[[Category:Psychology]]

[[Category:Syndromes]]

[[Category:Syndromes]]