An Expanded View of Intersubjectivity in Infancy and its Application to Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalytic Dialogues

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 805-841

  Beebe, Beatrice ^a,b,e   Rustin, Judith ^c,d,e   Sorter, Dorienne ^c,d,e   Knoblauch, Steven ^b,c,e  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Inst Psychoanal Stud Subjectivity   (United States)

^d Psychoanal Psychother Study Center   (United States)

^e NY Univ Postdoctoral Prog P ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INFANCY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SYMBOLISM; THEORY; THINKING;

EID: 0742304637     PISSN: 10481885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10481881309348769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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