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- Title
PSYCHODYNAMIC IMPLICATIONS OF SELF-INJURY IN DEFECTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
- Authors
Zuk, G. H.
- Abstract
The article investigates the psychodynamic implications of self-injury in defective children and adults. Self-injury refers to an individual hitting, banging, biting or otherwise bruising his own body. Self-injury involves none of the ritual that is often associated with self-mutilation. In self-mutilation, it is often the object of the victim, either consciously or subconsciously, to punish himself for certain transgressions. Self-injury represents a distortion of the impulse to punish someone else. These pathological behaviors are felt to have quite different diagnostic significance.
- Subjects
PATHOLOGICAL psychology; SELF-mutilation; SELF-destructive behavior; SELF-injurious behavior; SELF-torture; HEAD banging
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1960, Vol 16, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
0021-9762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-4679(196001)16:1<58::AID-JCLP2270160123>3.0.CO;2-6