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Narcissism and Dependency in the Obsessional‐Hysteric Marriage
Author(s) -
BARNETT JOSEPH
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1971.00075.x
Subject(s) - narcissism , psychology , transactional analysis , neuroticism , dependency (uml) , interpersonal relationship , constructive , dynamics (music) , neurotic disorders , task (project management) , interpersonal communication , psychoanalysis , developmental psychology , social psychology , personality , computer science , artificial intelligence , management , process (computing) , economics , operating system , pedagogy
Marriages in which one partner is an obsessional neurotic and the other an hysteric lead to certain patterns of difficulty and conflict that are functions both of the character structure of each and of their interaction. The central dynamic task of marriage is the development and integration of constructive and viable patterns of intimacy. Both the obsessional and the hysteric have serious problems with intimacy and introduce into the marriage distortions and limitations of experience which restrict or even bar intimacy. This paper will examine some of the interpersonal and transactional dynamics considered especially important in such relationships.