When the Outside Strikes a Chord Inside

The Role of Identity in Taking Social Responsibility

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20178887
AutoresNicoleta Gheorghe (Yahoo (United Kingdom), autor correspondente), Diana Deaconu
Ano2018
Volume48
Fascículo2
Páginas152-165
Data de publicação2018-04-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTransactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03621537.2018.1429301
OpenAlexW2789407272
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas37

In this article the authors put forward the idea that social responsibility is intimately related to identity in the sense that taking appropriate action for the welfare of others is often the result of processing complex internal experiences. The notion of identity is defined as a dynamic system used to organize the individual’s internal states as well as the boundaries between self and other. The authors use this concept, along with the ideas of exclusion and dissociation, to describe how the individual processes experience and accounts for difficulties that typically occur. A case vignette illustrates how the authors’ theoretical perspective comes to life in a clinical setting. The article expands on the meaning of individual responsibility toward communal life in terms of choices and developmental achievements rather than prescriptions to which individuals must adhere

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Identity formation · Psychotherapist · Self-concept · Sociology · Vignette · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy