Abstract (may include machine translation)
After outlining specific features of early mother-child attachment, the authors discuss the question whether secure attachment and specific characteristics of early parental behavior have a functional and causal bearing on the development of mentalization. They adduce empirical and theoretical findings that militate against this idea. Subsequently the authors set out arguments for a social-constructivist view of the emergence of die affective self, in contradistinction to theories of primary «intersubjectivity. ».
Translated title of the contribution | Attachment and mentalization in humans. The development of the affective self |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 862-899 |
Number of pages | 38 |
Journal | Psyche |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 9-10 |
State | Published - Sep 2011 |
Keywords
- Affective self
- Attachment
- Mentalization
- Primary intersubjectivity