Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study
| dc.contributor.advisor | Swartz, Sally | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Fielding, Ann | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-29T05:01:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-12-29T05:01:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | en_ZA |
| dc.description | Includes bibliography. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | In this dissertation I explore the underlying psychological function of the competitive behaviour of an 11-year-old boy, whom I treated in individual psychotherapy. I postulate that his competitiveness functioned partly as a self-invigorating compensation, and partly as a defense against an injury to the self. I emphasize the fact that it is difficult, in practice, to recognize compensatory versus defensive structures in that the behaviour and affect fluctuates such that these internal structures are at times helpful to the patient, and at times harmful in the sense that they obscure the underlying self injury. I suggest that inclusion of the intersubjective field was essential in assisting me, as the therapist, to recognize the defensive or compensatory nature of the patient's affect and behaviour at any given time. Thus, the intersubjective field is included - my responses, the personal material evoked and the relationship dynamic between the patient and I - as an essential aspect of working with the patient's competitiveness. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Fielding, A. (2003). <i>Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10482 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Fielding, Ann. <i>"Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10482 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Fielding, A. 2003. Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Fielding, Ann AB - In this dissertation I explore the underlying psychological function of the competitive behaviour of an 11-year-old boy, whom I treated in individual psychotherapy. I postulate that his competitiveness functioned partly as a self-invigorating compensation, and partly as a defense against an injury to the self. I emphasize the fact that it is difficult, in practice, to recognize compensatory versus defensive structures in that the behaviour and affect fluctuates such that these internal structures are at times helpful to the patient, and at times harmful in the sense that they obscure the underlying self injury. I suggest that inclusion of the intersubjective field was essential in assisting me, as the therapist, to recognize the defensive or compensatory nature of the patient's affect and behaviour at any given time. Thus, the intersubjective field is included - my responses, the personal material evoked and the relationship dynamic between the patient and I - as an essential aspect of working with the patient's competitiveness. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study TI - Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10482 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10482 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Fielding A. Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10482 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Psychology | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject.other | Clinical Psychology | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | MA | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Thesis | en_ZA |
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