Chaos and self-organization: Emergent patterns at critical life transitions

Journal of Analytical Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-262

  Skar, Patricia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Active imagination; Archetype; Complex; Dynamical system; Emergent property; Epigenetic landscape; Individuation process; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LIFE; LIFE EVENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCIENCE; SYMPTOM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADULT; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 1842783103     PISSN: 00218774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-5922.2004.00456.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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