Projective Identification
An Alternative Hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9230538 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael S Porder (327 Central Park West, New York, NY, 10025, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 431-451 |
| Publication date | 1987-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21674086.1987.11927182 |
| PMID | 3615696 |
| OpenAlex | W2409420652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 3 |
The concept of projective identification as a primitive defense mechanism is reassessed. An alternative hypothesis is offered: that projective identification can best be understood as a compromise formation which includes as its major component an "identification with the aggressor" or a "turning of passive into active." This reversal is demonstrated within a two-tiered transference/countertransference of the analyst as powerful parent and the patient as the helpless child. On the deeper level the patient enacts the role of dominant parent and the analyst experiences the feelings which the patient had felt as a child
Acting out · Cognitive psychology · Compromise · Countertransference · Feeling · Identification (biology) · Projective identification · Projective test · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Transference · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
Finding the Neutral Position
Self-reflexivity, intersubjectivity, and therapeutic change.
Self-reflexivity, intersubjectivity, and therapeutic change
Some Complexities in the Relationship of Psychoanalytic Theory to Technique
Reversing the Negative Cycle
Countertransference and Psychoanalytic Technique
Toward a Neuropsychological Reconstruction of Projective Identification
Vicissitudes of Aggression
Useful Aspects of Acting Out
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2009 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |