Psychological considerations of trauma in early infancy.
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Title
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Psychological considerations of trauma in early infancy.
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Identifier
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AAI9986379
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identifier
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9986379
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Creator
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Shrem, Barry Jay.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Steven Ellman
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Date
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2000
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical | Psychology, Developmental
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Abstract
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This study investigates the relationship between psychoanalytic theories of development in earliest infancy and the theory of trauma. The method involves both theoretical inquiry and naturalistic observation: (1) artificial distinctions between aspects of infant experience are made, in an attempt to define and delimit the 'traumatic possibility' in this stage of the development of the human personality; and (2) one or more infants are observed in a potentially traumatogenic situation (a surgery). An attempt is made to develop a clear definition (or model) of early trauma which will allow for terminological precision and phenomenological accuracy, this leading into the question of how trauma in infancy may or may not disturb normal maturational processes. The era under discussion is one in which the infant is in a state of near to absolute dependence on the environment. At this early stage, the ego is presumably in a feeble and undeveloped state, and the potential for traumatic events to disturb normative maturational processes is perhaps greater than at any other in human development.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
