Developmental aspects of self-esteem in the analysis of an 11-year-old boy.
This paper explores the vicissitudes of self-esteem in the analysis of an 11-year-old boy. The paper highlights the complex interplay from different developmental periods that underlies the growth and sustaining of self-esteem. This interplay, catalyzed in the crucible of the transference, includes issues of evolution of affect states, self-structure, object relations, psychosexual development, conflict, and defenses.
Ablon
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Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Inc.
D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D010553:Personality Development; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012649:Self Concept