The effort used to escape from the domination of parents and is seen during adolescence.
EMANCIPATORY STRIVING: "Joe did emancipatory striving in his late teens to free himself from dominating parents."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "EMANCIPATORY STRIVING," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/emancipatory-striving/ (accessed June 27, 2022).