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Overview of Borderline Personality Organization from the Framework of Object Relations Theory: Interpretation of the Basic Defense Mechanisms with Case Studies

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 1 - 20, 22.10.2018
https://doi.org/10.31682/ayna.468232

Abstract

Object
relations theory examines the link between internalized experiences of dual
relationships experienced in early childhood experiences. Otto Kernberg is one
of the object relation theorists and has done a lot of studies related to
borderline patients. In particular, he draws attention to the structure of the
borderline personality pattern and the therapy process. Borderline patients'
self and object designs were fed from libidinal and oral aggressive sources and
could not be integrated. He pointed to the use of ego weakness and primitive
defense mechanisms in the borderline personality pattern. He pointed out that
ego weakness and defensive mechanisms feed each other and adversely affect
healthy superego formation. In this article, the place of the object relations
in the borderline personality pattern is explained, then the concepts of ego
weakness, defensive mechanisms and polymorphic sexual tendencies are explained
with the case study.

References

  • American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
  • Clarkin, J. F., Lenzenweger, M. F., Yeomans, F., Levy, K. N., & Kernberg, O. F. (2007). An object relations model of borderline pathologM. Journal of Personality Disorders, 21(5), 474-499.
  • Fairbairn, W. R. D. (1954), An Object-Relations Theory of the Personality. New York: Basic Books.
  • Jacobson, E. (1953). Contribution to the metapsychology of cyclothymic depression. In P. Greenacre (Ed.), Affective disorders; psychoanalytic contributions to their study (pp. 49-83). Oxford, England: International Universities Press.
  • Kernberg, O. (1967). Borderline personality organization. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 15(3), 641-685.
  • Kernberg, O. (1968). The treatment of patients with borderline personality organization. The International Journal of Psycho-analysis, 49, 600.
  • Kernberg, O. F. (1970). A psychoanalytic classification of character pathologM. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 18(4), 800-822.
  • Kernberg, O. F. (1971). Prognostic considerations regarding borderline personality organization. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 19(4), 595-635.
  • Kernberg, O. (1972). Treatment of borderline patients. Tactics and techniques in psychoanalytic therapM. New York: Science House.
  • Kernberg, O. F. (1985). Borderline conditions and pathological narcissism. Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Kernberg, O. (2004). Aggressivity, Narcissism, and Self-Destructiveness in the Psychotherapeutic Relationship: New Developments in the Psychopathology and Psychotherapy of Severe Personality Disorders. Nev Haven, CT, Yale University Press.
  • Kernberg, O. (2008). Contemporary Controversies in Psychoanalytic Theory, Techniques, and Their Applications. Yale University Press.
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Nesne İlişkileri Kuramı Çerçevesinden Sınır (Borderline) Kişilik Örüntüsüne Bakış: Vaka Örneği ile Temel Savunma Mekanizmalarının Yorumlanması

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 1 - 20, 22.10.2018
https://doi.org/10.31682/ayna.468232

Abstract

Nesne
ilişkileri kuramı, erken dönem çocukluk yaşantılarında deneyimlenen ikili
ilişkilerin içselleştirilmiş nesnelerle olan bağını incelemektedir. Otto
Kernberg, nesne ilişkileri kuramcılarındandır ve sınır hastalarla alakalı pek
çok çalışma yapmıştır. Özellikle sınır kişilik örüntüsünün yapısı ve terapi
süreci hakkında yaptığı çalışmalarla dikkat çekmiştir. Sınır hastaların
kendilik ve nesne tasarımlarının libidinal ve oral agresif kaynaklardan
beslendiğini ve bütünleştirilemediğini belirtmiştir. Sınır kişilik örüntüsünde
güçsüz benliğe ve ilkel savunma mekanizmalarının kullanımına dikkat çekmiştir.
Güçsüz benliğin ve savunma mekanizmalarının birbirini beslediğini ve sağlıklı
üstben oluşumunu olumsuz yönde etkilediğini belirtmiştir. Bu makalede, nesne
ilişkilerinin sınır kişilik örüntüsündeki yeri anlatılmış, sonrasında ben
zayıflığı, savunma mekanizmaları ve çok biçimli cinsel eğilimler kavramları
vaka örneği ile açıklanmıştır.  

References

  • American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
  • Clarkin, J. F., Lenzenweger, M. F., Yeomans, F., Levy, K. N., & Kernberg, O. F. (2007). An object relations model of borderline pathologM. Journal of Personality Disorders, 21(5), 474-499.
  • Fairbairn, W. R. D. (1954), An Object-Relations Theory of the Personality. New York: Basic Books.
  • Jacobson, E. (1953). Contribution to the metapsychology of cyclothymic depression. In P. Greenacre (Ed.), Affective disorders; psychoanalytic contributions to their study (pp. 49-83). Oxford, England: International Universities Press.
  • Kernberg, O. (1967). Borderline personality organization. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 15(3), 641-685.
  • Kernberg, O. (1968). The treatment of patients with borderline personality organization. The International Journal of Psycho-analysis, 49, 600.
  • Kernberg, O. F. (1970). A psychoanalytic classification of character pathologM. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 18(4), 800-822.
  • Kernberg, O. F. (1971). Prognostic considerations regarding borderline personality organization. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 19(4), 595-635.
  • Kernberg, O. (1972). Treatment of borderline patients. Tactics and techniques in psychoanalytic therapM. New York: Science House.
  • Kernberg, O. F. (1985). Borderline conditions and pathological narcissism. Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Kernberg, O. (2004). Aggressivity, Narcissism, and Self-Destructiveness in the Psychotherapeutic Relationship: New Developments in the Psychopathology and Psychotherapy of Severe Personality Disorders. Nev Haven, CT, Yale University Press.
  • Kernberg, O. (2008). Contemporary Controversies in Psychoanalytic Theory, Techniques, and Their Applications. Yale University Press.
  • Klein, M. (1946). Notes on some schizoid mechanisms. The International Journal of Psycho-analysis, 27, 99.
  • McWilliams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic diagnosis: Understanding personality structure in the clinical process. Guilford Press.
  • Sullivan, H. S. (1953), The Interpersonal Theory of PsychiatrM. New York: Norton.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Psychology
Journal Section Review Articles
Authors

Cansu Akyüz

Publication Date October 22, 2018
Submission Date December 24, 2017
Acceptance Date April 24, 2018
Published in Issue Year 2018 Volume: 5 Issue: 3

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APA Akyüz, C. (2018). Nesne İlişkileri Kuramı Çerçevesinden Sınır (Borderline) Kişilik Örüntüsüne Bakış: Vaka Örneği ile Temel Savunma Mekanizmalarının Yorumlanması. AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi, 5(3), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.31682/ayna.468232