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Direct linkCramer, Phebe – Guilford Publications, 2006
Integrating theory, research, and practical applications, this book provides a comprehensive examination of defense mechanisms and their role in both normal development and psychopathology. The author describes how children and adults mobilize specific kinds of defenses to maintain their psychological equilibrium and preserve self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Psychotherapy, Psychopathology, Patients
Peer reviewedRutter, Michael; Kim-Cohen, Julia; Maughan, Barbara – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
The possible mechanisms involved in continuities and discontinuities in psychopathology between childhood and adult life are considered in relation to the findings from systematic, prospective, long-term longitudinal studies. Findings on schizophrenia, neurodevelopmental disorders, emotional disturbances, antisocial behaviour and substance abuse…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Schizophrenia, Emotional Disturbances, Psychopathology
Schachter, Frances Fuchs; Stone, Richard K. – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1987
Deidentification is the phenomenon whereby siblings are defined as different or contrasting. In pathological deidentification, the natural flow of sibling conflict and reconciliation seems obstructed as one sibling is assigned the fixed identity of "devil," who constantly harasses the other, "angel," sibling. A clinical…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Psychology, Childhood Attitudes
