title: [Mentalisation and affect regulation--how the infantile self develops].
abstract: The text comprises the different elements of the psychoanalytic mentalization theory of Peter Fonagy et al. and tries to explain them. Part of this theory are above all the affect mirroring as well as the affect reciprocity theory and the two modes of the "as if" character and the psychic equivalence (playing with reality). You can find clear examples for each of these theoretical components. Moreover there are many correlations to other authors and their respective development theories: that is to Wilfred Bion, Donald Winnicott and John Bowlby. The text is based above all on Martin Dornes' approaches on this topic (2004, 2006).
authors.affiliation: Studium der Soziologie und Psychologie an der Universität Kassel, Berlin. konrad.kalisch@ipu-berlin.de
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kalisch
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D007223:Infant; D007389:Internal-External Control; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011936:Reality Testing; D056345:Theory of Mind