Shelley R Doctors
Biographic Data
| ID | 5212836 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelley R Doctors |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelley R |
| FAMILY NAME | Doctors |
| SIGNATURE | DOCTORS S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
On The Impact of Psychotherapy on Psychological Growth
A discussion of Micheal Reison’s “The Subjective Importance of Accommodation and Non-Accommodation: Expanding Brandchaft’s Ideas of Pathological Accommodation” explicates Dr. Bernard Brandchaft’s signature contribution—the defense of pathological accommodation. The imperative need to maintain attachment is seen as the primary goal of this defense. Pathological Accommodation is seen as a mode of maintaining attachments to caretakers, an unconsciou…
The Selfobject Concept
Kohut’s creation of the selfobject concept marks a point of departure for psychoanalysis—the moment when analysts began to shift their attention away from intrapsychic relationships and toward relational experiences, conscious and unconscious, that are key to understanding psychological development, psychopathology, and psychological treatment. While he continued to speak of the intrapsychic consequences of selfobject experience, Kohut’s concept …
Adolescence and Character Disturbance
Effects of a Peer Counseling Training Intervention on Psychological Functioning of Adolescents
A 3-month peer counselor training program was provided to 32 inner-city adolescents, 14 to 17 years of age, 18 of whom were chronically ill. Participants completed pretests and posttests of ego development and pqychiatric symptoms and were evaluated for counseling skills by their trainer. A comparison sample (n = 28) was tested after an equivalent time periodi Mean scores on the two psychological measures did not change significantly for the comp…
Ego development and chronic illness in adolescents
To examine the effects of chronic illness on the psychological growth process known as ego development, scores were compared on the Loevinger Sentence Completion Test for 36 teens (16 boys, 20 girls) with chronic illness and 50 teens (16 boys, 34 girls) without chronic illness. Their ages ranged from 13 to 21 years, with a mean of 17.4 years. Most were Black (37%) or Hispanic (41%) and lived in poor or working-class neighborhoods. When age, sex, …
Ego development and chronic illness in adolescents
To examine the effects of chronic illness on the psychological growth process known as ego development, scores were compared on the Loevinger Sentence Completion Test for 36 teens (16 boys, 20 girls) with chronic illness and 50 teens (16 boys, 34 girls) without chronic illness. Their ages ranged from 13 to 21 years, with a mean of 17.4 years. Most were Black (37%) or Hispanic (41%) and lived in poor or working-class neighborhoods. When age, sex, …
Ego development and chronic illness in adolescents
To examine the effects of chronic illness on the psychological growth process known as ego development, scores were compared on the Loevinger Sentence Completion Test for 36 teens (16 boys, 20 girls) with chronic illness and 50 teens (16 boys, 34 girls) without chronic illness. Their ages ranged from 13 to 21 years, with a mean of 17.4 years. Most were Black (37%) or Hispanic (41%) and lived in poor or working-class neighborhoods. When age, sex, …
Effects of a Peer Counseling Training Intervention on Psychological Functioning of Adolescents
A 3-month peer counselor training program was provided to 32 inner-city adolescents, 14 to 17 years of age, 18 of whom were chronically ill. Participants completed pretests and posttests of ego development and pqychiatric symptoms and were evaluated for counseling skills by their trainer. A comparison sample (n = 28) was tested after an equivalent time periodi Mean scores on the two psychological measures did not change significantly for the comp…
Adolescence and Character Disturbance
The Selfobject Concept
Kohut’s creation of the selfobject concept marks a point of departure for psychoanalysis—the moment when analysts began to shift their attention away from intrapsychic relationships and toward relational experiences, conscious and unconscious, that are key to understanding psychological development, psychopathology, and psychological treatment. While he continued to speak of the intrapsychic consequences of selfobject experience, Kohut’s concept …
On The Impact of Psychotherapy on Psychological Growth
A discussion of Micheal Reison’s “The Subjective Importance of Accommodation and Non-Accommodation: Expanding Brandchaft’s Ideas of Pathological Accommodation” explicates Dr. Bernard Brandchaft’s signature contribution—the defense of pathological accommodation. The imperative need to maintain attachment is seen as the primary goal of this defense. Pathological Accommodation is seen as a mode of maintaining attachments to caretakers, an unconsciou…
Psychology (5 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Ego Development and Educational Practices (2 works) · Identity, Memory, and Therapy (2 works)