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Dieses Buch ist eine groß angelegte Synthese, in der es um das spannungsreiche Gegen- und Miteinander der Psychoanalyse und der Bindungstheorie geht. Es gelingt, eine Brücke zwischen den beiden Disziplinen zu schlagen, indem die Autoren das Bindungskonzept neu beleuchten. Es geht nicht mehr nur um die Herstellung von Bindung an sich, sondern darum, das Kind durch sichere Beziehungen der Art auszustatten, daß es das Verstehen mentaler Zustände im Anderen und im Selbst entwickelt. Das Konzept der Mentalisierung wird so zum zentralen Punkt für das menschliche Funktionieren im sozialen Umfeld. Unter Mentalisierung wird die Fähigkeit verstanden, auf das Verhalten eines anderen Menschen - angemessen - zu reagieren. Vereinfacht ausgedrückt befähigt Mentalisierung also, anderer Leute Gedanken und Gefühle zu »lesen«. Diese Fähigkeit entwickelt sich beim Säugling dann, wenn die Mutter seine Affektäußerungen aufnimmt und sie ihm durch ihre Mimik »widerspiegelt«. Durch diese Spiegelung erkennt das Kind seine eigenen Affekte. Menschen mit schweren Psychopathologien - das hat die Arbeitsgruppe um Fonagy festgestellt - fehlt diese Fähigkeit. Die Entwicklung einer stabilen Persönlichkeit hängt also von einer funktionierenden Beziehung mit der Mutter ab.
This book is a large-scale synthesis that deals with the tense relationship between psychoanalysis and attachment theory. The authors succeed in building a bridge between the two disciplines by shedding new light on the concept of attachment. It is no longer just a question of creating attachment per se, but of equipping the child with secure relationships in such a way that it develops an understanding of mental states in the other and in the self. The concept of mentalization thus becomes central to human functioning in the social environment. Mentalization is understood as the ability to react - appropriately - to the behaviour of another person. Put simply, mentalization enables us to "read" other people's thoughts and feelings. This ability develops in infants when their mother picks up on their expressions of emotion and "mirrors" them through their facial expressions. Through this mirroring, the child recognizes its own emotions. People with severe psychopathologies - as Fonagy's team has discovered - lack this ability. The development of a stable personality therefore depends on a functioning relationship with the mother.
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This book is a large-scale synthesis that deals with the tense relationship between psychoanalysis and attachment theory. The authors succeed in building a bridge between the two disciplines by shedding new light on the concept of attachment. It is no longer just a question of creating attachment per se, but of equipping the child with secure relationships in such a way that it develops an understanding of mental states in the other and in the self. The concept of mentalization thus becomes central to human functioning in the social environment. Mentalization is understood as the ability to react - appropriately - to the behaviour of another person. Put simply, mentalization enables us to "read" other people's thoughts and feelings. This ability develops in infants when their mother picks up on their expressions of emotion and "mirrors" them through their facial expressions. Through this mirroring, the child recognizes its own emotions. People with severe psychopathologies - as Fonagy's team has discovered - lack this ability. The development of a stable personality therefore depends on a functioning relationship with the mother.
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Translated title of the contribution | Affect regulation, mentalization and the development of the self |
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Original language | German |
Place of Publication | Stuttgart |
Publisher | Klett-Cotta |
Number of pages | 572 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783608123197 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783608962710 |
State | Published - 2004 |