A Confusion of Tongues or Whose Reality Is It

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9230397
AutoresArnold H Modell (401 Woodward St. Waban, MA 02168, autor correspondente)
Ano1991
Volume60
Fascículo2
Páginas227-244
Data de publicação1991-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21674086.1991.11927309
PMID2062975
OpenAlexW2411957744
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas5

In a 1933 paper Ferenczi implied that conflict between the adult's and the child's construction of reality is traumatic for the child. As all individuals construct their own view of reality, it is inevitable that there will be conflicting constructions between child and adult--and between analyst and analysand. This may be biologically rooted; recent ethological studies suggest that parent-child conflict is ubiquitous because of a divergence of needs. When a child perceives a marked divergence between his or her construction of reality and that of the caretaker, the child may tend to reject the information proffered by the caretaker. This may appear later as a resistance to learning from the analyst. The divergence of needs between child and caretaker may have a profound influence on the child's cognitive development. The capacity to share other constructions of reality is a developmental achievement which may be facilitated by the psychoanalytic process

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