Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2003):

Trauma and defences: their roots in relationship. An overview.

Full Abstract

In this paper the differing psychodynamic models of defences are outlined and compared with an attachment theory perspective in which affect regulation plays a central role. Behavioural and intrapsychic distance regulation (defensive exclusion) are seen as the main strategies for affect regulation and are the manifestations of the habitual pattern of emotional regulation in the relationship between the child and the primary caregiver. A new perspective on unconscious fantasy is offered, in which fantasies are seen to be actively created as defensive narratives to protect the development of healthy narcissism and to become integrated into a person's internal working models. Archetypal defences are explored from a developmental perspective and some neurobiological issues relevant to defences are highlighted.

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Author information

Author/s: Knox, Jean (J);

Affiliation: jm.knox(-atsign-)btinternet.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of analytical psychology (J Anal Psychol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Apr; vol 48 (issue 2) : pp 207-33

Dates: Created 2003/05/07; Completed 2003/07/16; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12733234, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Affect - physiology Defense Mechanisms Fantasy Humans Narcissism

Narcissism Parent-Child Relations Psychoanalytic Theory Stress, Psychological - psychology; therapy Unconscious (Psychology)

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