“…In a series of studies negative links were found between differentiation of self and various anxieties, such as, trait anxiety [8], separation anxiety [5,6,12], social anxiety [7], psychiatric symptoms, depression symptoms [3,14,15] physiological symptoms [10,16], stress [17], and over involved counter-transference behaviors [18]. In addition, positive associations were found between differentiation of self and psychological adaptation, the ability to solve social problems [19], mental wellbeing and psychological health [3,14,20], marital satisfaction [4], and life satisfaction [21,22].…”