Reflections on the Special Senses in Relation to the Development of Affect with Special Emphasis on Blindness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8333515 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H Robert Blank (53 Winslow road White Plains New York 10606), Hartmut Blank (0000-0002-8647-6522, White Plains Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 32-50 |
| Publication date | 1975-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000306517502300102 |
| PMID | 1133452 |
| OpenAlex | W2145819786 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
In congenital blindness, the absence of vision can be compensated for by the utilization of the tactile and auditory senses, resulting in normal affect and ego development. Some of the major problems in the way of such compensation were noted. Adventitious blindness produces disruption of ego functions, with severe affect manifestations, notably grief and mourning reactions and actual dependency. The factors favoring successful or unsuccessful resolution of mourning and restoration of normal ego functions were indicated
Affect (linguistics) · Affect regulation · Blindness · Cognitive psychology · Compensation (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Grief · Id, ego and super-ego · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Communication · Medicine · Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy · Optometry
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |