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Multiple personality in the human information‐processor: A case history and theoretical formulation
Author(s) -
Andorfer Joseph C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198505)41:3<309::aid-jclp2270410303>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , personality psychology , cognition , cognitive psychology , dissociation (chemistry) , affect (linguistics) , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , communication , chemistry
A case of multiple personality is presented, which details the roles of the “executive” and “destabilizer” personalities in the functioning of the overall system, and in treatment. A neo‐associationist model of personality, affect and cognition, previously presented by the author (Andorfer, 1980) and applied to schizophrenia (Andorfer, 1984), is here extended to multiple personality. This model is used to account for the mechanisms and clinical phenomena of dissociation and reintegration and the role of the “executive” personality in each. Strategies for treatment are recommended.