Psychodynamic Foundations

Westen (1998) has defined psychodynamic theories with five postulates: (1) much of mental life is unconscious; (2) mental processes operate in parallel so that people can have conflicting feelings that motivate them in opposing ways; (3) stable personality patterns begin to form in childhood, and childhood experiences play an important role in the developing personality, particularly in shaping social relationships; (4) mental representations of the self, others, and relationships guide people’s interactions with others and influence psychological symptomatology; and (5) personality development involves learning to regulate sexual and aggressive feelings but also the move from an immature, socially dependent state to a mature, interdependent one. According to this definition, attachment theory is a psychodynamic theory. However, Bowlby explicitly demarcated his attachment theory from the drive principles.

Granqvist, PehrStockholms universitet,Personlighets-, social- och utvecklingspsykologi(Swepub:su)pgran (författare)
Stockholms universitetPersonlighets-, social- och utvecklingspsykologi (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological ScienceCham : Springer, s. 1-59783319169996

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