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Projective identification: A particular form of reciprocal role procedure
Author(s) -
Ryle Anthony
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1994.tb01776.x
Subject(s) - projective identification , reciprocal , projective test , psychology , identification (biology) , interpersonal communication , relation (database) , interpersonal relationship , cognitive psychology , social psychology , cognitive science , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , psychoanalytic theory , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , data mining , botany , biology
Certain aspects of the phenomena considered under the concept of projective identification, notably those concerned with the relationship between intrapsychic and interpersonal phenomena and with indirect forms of communication and influence, are discussed in relation to an alternative theoretical framework. It is argued that these clinically important phenomena are best understood as particular forms of the more general processes involved in interpersonal relating.