The Organization of the Self-Representation and Its Influence on Pathology
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Psychoanalytic Quarterly
- Vol. 49 (3) , 361-392
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21674086.1980.11926920
Abstract
Units within the self-representation provide the quality for ego activity. The ego selects and cathects the appropriate unit of the self-representation. Oedipal identifications internalize the ego capacity to maintain the self-representation and its stability. Conflict can promote instability within the self-representation requiring special defenses to deal with the narcissistic stress. Such narcissistic conflict can arise at all levels of maturity.Keywords
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