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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"object relations theory"”.
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The use of object relations theory in clinical social work practice : a case study
… The selected theoretical framework was that of Object Relations theory, specifically the works of Melanie Klein and Margaret Mahler. The method of inquiry was that of a single case study. The investigation centred around the theories' usefulness in clinical social work practice regarding: …
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A Theoretical Construction of Gender Issues in Marital Therapy (Qualitative Research, Critical Socialization Theory, Object Relations, Theory Generation, Intimacy)
… seeks to generate the beginning outlines of a theory of gender issues in couple relationships and therapy. This "theory" is presented in the form of an interpretive story about a particular couple constructed using respondents' audiotaped or written assessments of a videotaped live therapy …
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Exploring how object relations theory can be used to understand the response of individuals to organisational change : three case studies
… study examined the, 'unconscious aspects' of the relationship between the individual and work colleagues; the importance of the individual's relationship with the organisation, and how early unresolved feelings of loss can be evoked during organisational change. The study was informed by …
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The Relationship of False Self Behavior to Object Relations, Attachment, and Adjustment
The focus of this investigation 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 …
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Defining Self Through Symbol: A Psychological Analysis of the Cinderella Fairy Tale
… <p>Through a synthesis of Jungian theory and Object Relations theory, the fairytale will be analyzed in an effort to bridge collective symbolic material to individual understanding and maturation, the purpose and value of art therapy.</p> <p>This study adds to the field of art …
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Waiting for the Miraculous: An Essay on Patience in American Literature
<p>This work concerns object relations in American literature in the lyric mode over the past fifty years and its relationship to dealing with loss and illness. More specifically, how do people relate to things —anything from pocket watches to pieces of ribbon—that not only sustain hope but also …
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Writing for numbers: The Cultural Production of Good Writers in the Time of High Stakes Writing Assessments
… of three fields: cultural production theory, New Literacy Studies and object relations theory. The study has two related strands. In the first, I perform a socio-historical analysis of the setting, Yankee City, and its schools from the Great Depression when James Conant first …
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Useful Measures of Adult Attachment and Object Relations in Psychotherapy
<p>This is a literature review of objective and projective measures of attachment and object relations in adults, with the objective of reviewing outstanding research to identify the key factors for adult attachment assessment considered within attachment and object relations theories, what …
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Identity and veteran health: Considerations of context, culture, and change
… coded and analysed using psychodynamic object relations theory. This theory was developed by scholars such as Donald Winnicott and Ronald Fairbairn, who shared several features: they were veterans, held qualifications in medicine and psychoanalysis, and many had personal histories of …
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America Inc.: The Rise and Fall of a Civil Democracy
… detached from its creative core and that Object-Relations Theory plays an integral role in understanding the behavior of postmodern consumers.
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Munchausen syndrome by proxy : a form of pathological play?
… basis was then revised. Aspects explained by the theory were presented. Aspects not explained by the theory were rejected. Object Relations Theory was proposed as an alternative to understanding the psychopathology present in a perpetrator of MSP.
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BDSM. A search for the container-contained experience: An object-relations approach to the problem of masochism
… pleasure in pain (masochism) into his instinct theory. In his endeavours to do so, he developed several models of masochism that were dependent on instinct vicissitudes and their governing principles. Freud took a marked turn towards a quasi-object-relating theory when he recognised the …
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Is There a Connection Between Object Relations (as described by Klein), Problems with Sexual Intimacy and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
… room as OCD and how it is used to mask early object relations failure, which re-surfaces in adulthood as difficulties within the arena of sexual intimacy. The literature review identified the theoretical and empirical evidence for this hypothesis and highlighted gaps in the current …
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Diaspora, identity and cinematic memory : a case study of Greek diasporic cinemagoing in rural Australia
… and the cinema space had for this audience. The objectives involved collecting the audience's oral history, and analysing their testimonies inductively, using mixed qualitative and quantitative data analysis, alongside Daniela Treveri Gennari and Silvia Dibeltulo’s (2023) film taxonomy framework. …
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The role of the cross as a transformative symbol in Christian counseling
… analytic psychology, Donald W. Winnicott's object relations theory, John Bowlby's attachment theory, and John Ashbrook's neuropsychology perspectives. Theological analysis and applications for each psychological theory were offered from John McDargh, Tim Clinton, Gary Sibcy, and Lee …
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Identität bei Herta Müller: Schreiben als Mittel der Selbstbehauptung
… is in part based on Donald W. Winnicott's object relations theory, which supports the analysis of objects in Müller's works and their impact on identity, as well as the claim that writing — as a creative, playful activity — can function as self-assertion. In the light of Winnicott's theory, …
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How do Instagram’s clean-eating hashtags influence Orthorexia Nervosa and the sense of self in self-identified Orthorexia Nervosa tendencies: a mixed methods study
… correlation was calculated to examine the relationship between ON symptoms and engagement with clean-eating hashtags. Eight participants who scored in the top 40% of the measures were interviewed using a semi-structured process. Verbatim accounts were analysed using thematic analysis. …
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Self Against Others: A Psychoanalytical Reading of Harold Pinter's Work
… is that Pinter’s defining interest in power relations, coupled with his dedication to exploring how psychological ‘realities’ shape these said relations, implies that he is a playwright, who generally wrote psycho-political works.<br/><br/>In the main body of the thesis, I then offer eight …
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Capgras' Syndrome
… splitting. An approach to the delusion based on object relations theory seems most comprehensive, because it is the manner in which images of self and others are internalized that appears to underlie the delusion. For Capgras' Syndrome to develop there must be paranoid characteristics, a …
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