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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"false self"”.
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The False Self and True Self: A Christian Perspective
… themselves wrongly (i.e., constructing a false self)? (3) What does true self-understanding entail? (4) What interventions can foster true self-understanding? Chapter 2 presents a biblical response, with specific focus on passages from Proverbs, Matthew’s Gospel, and Paul’s letters. …
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The Relationship of False Self Behavior to Object Relations, Attachment, and Adjustment
… is to assess the relationship between false self behavior, object relations and attachment variables, and adjustment. Theory suggests that object relations and attachment are interrelated, and have been independently linked to psychological consequences. Theory also postulates a …
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Losing Sight of Ourselves: Applying Durkheim. Giddens, Baudrillard and Vaknin to Reality Television
… discuss the emergence and encouragement of the false self in our society is the focus of this work. Toddlers and Tiaras, Hoarders and Sister Wives are the three television shows that will be analyzed by using content analysis in order to examine the effects of consumerism, narcissism and the …
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The invincible defeat of a violent innocent : entertaining paradox and paranoia in the therapy of a borderline patient
… beyond support for the development of a false self. I look at the way in which the false self may emerge as a distortion of the 'dense logics of deception' that are paradoxically involved in the negotiation of a shared reality with others.
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Towards a more specific model of anorectic pathogenesis: Parental selfobject use of the pre-anorectic child.
… in the context of her simultaneous function as a self-denying, merged selfobject to her mother and as an omnipotent, idealized selfobject to either or both parents. Such selfobject use of the pre-anorectic child is argued to leave her with a heightened sensitivity to environmental rejection …
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Below the parapet: a phenomenological exploration of adult inter-personal relationships for individuals who grew up with a sibling with a severe mental illness
… experiences of the participants in regards to self and relationships. Many of the siblings in this study display signs of chronic anxiety and insecure avoidant attachment style. In addition, they display a very real difficulty in holding compassion for themselves, having recognition of their …
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Author and Authorship in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman: Willy Loman's Attempts to Author a Nostalgic, Fictitious Past Lead to His Downfall, While Linda Loman’s Miller-Authored Warnings Fall on Willy’s Ever-Deaf Ears
… wake, but the unraveling also presents itself in the recognition that Willy’s carefully crafted memories are works of fiction. Decades of literary research focus on Willy’s fascination and obsession with memory, nostalgia for a previous age that never measures up to his memory of it. But, …
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The Fantastic Manifesto: Monstrosity of Memory and Epiphany of Selfhood in The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
… remodels the framework of her perception of selfhood; the bond awakens an awareness, of both self and other, and independence, as an individual and as a nation. My writing is inspired by the notion of rhizome developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in A Thousand Plateaus, the second …
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False memory production: effects of self-consistent false information and motivated cognition
… of one's personal past and the development of false memories have recently received intense public scrutiny. Based upon self-schema (Markus, 1977) and self-verification (Swann, 1987) theories, two studies were conducted to investigate the hypothesis that a self-schema guides cognitive …
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The artist as prisoner in the fiction of Bernard Malamud
… in Bernard Malamud's ficiton manifests itself in his artists, who may be understood as "prisoners" dramatizing the artistic process as Malamud views it.Malamud's artists' struggle to balance art and life is expressed through the idea of imprisonment. When overemphasizing art, the artist is …
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A room of one's own, revisited: An existential-hermeneutic study of female solitude
… subtle and profound shifts in their senses of self and modes of being in the world over the course of their retreats. In the absence of direct human relations, the women developed greater intimacy with things, non-human beings, and the Divine. Through the practice of simplicity, the women …
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The role of coaching psychology in addressing occupational/personal identity confusion in young adults aged 23–35 years in Israeli society
… education. No confirmation was found for the Self-actualization approach. On the contrary, some of the participants felt relieved when they were freed from the need to find at present, their unique calling. Furthermore, those who could adopt a flexible mindset towards their calling could pave …
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Sharing Economy: La huida del derecho del trabajo
El trabajo de investigación comienza efectuando un análisis entorno a la evolución de las plataformas colaborativas desde sus orígenes, cuando actuaban como meras intermediarias de transacciones persona a persona sin la mediación de los mercados, hasta unos escenarios actuales mucho más complejos, …