Self creation and the limitless void of dissociation: The 'as if' personality

Journal of Analytical Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 635-656

  Solomon, Hester McFarland ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

'As if' personality; Defence of the self; Dissociation; False self; Identification; Internalization; Persona

Indexed keywords

AS IF PERSONALITY; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DISSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); CREATIVENESS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EGO; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 9444251664     PISSN: 00218774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8774.2004.00493.x     Document Type: Review

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