Power, Mental Energy, and Inertia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20179157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fanita English (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 91-98 |
| Publication date | 1987-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036215378701700307 |
| OpenAlex | W2423957898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 2 |
According to the theory of Existential Pattern Therapy, mental energy flows through three drives that influence individuals: the survival, creative and sleep drives, each of which has different attributes that can combine or conflict. The influence of these drives is discussed in relation to the power of a demagogic Leader and his or her Followers and the potential control of such Leaders and Followers over Bystanders, or the potential power of Bystanders to offset such control, as discussed in Alan Jacobs' (1987) article on autocratic power
Autocracy · Existentialism · Gestalt psychology · Gestalt therapy · Inertia · Physics · Political science · Politics · Child Therapy and Development · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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The Girl of the Wind
Dreams, Symptoms, and Fantasies
Theory as Ideology
Shame and Social Control Revisited
My Time is More Precious than Your Strokes
Postcards From a Critical and Social Edge
Core Concepts of an Integrative Transactional Analysis
The Lure of Fundamentalism
To Be a Therapist
The Therapeutic Relationship
To Find/Make Meaning
Whither Scripts
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2026 (40) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |