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- Reaction formation
- … that a psychodynamic account identifies the disallowed impulse, anxiety or conflict, exaggerated opposite stance, defensive function, evidence, and viable alternative explanations. to An applied instance preserves the same invariant under a changed scale, notation, jurisdiction, dataset, or implementation..
This sourceFor example, Reaction formation is an effective form of disguise, and can be utilized in many forms. For example, "solicitude may be a reaction-formation against cruelty, cleanliness against coprophilia". An analyst might explain a client's unconditional pacifism as a reaction formation against their sadism. In addition, Even more counter-intuitively, according to this model The concept of reaction formation has been used to explain responses to external threats as well as internal anxieties. In the phenomenon described as Stockholm syndrome, a hostage or kidnap victim 'falls in love' with the feared and hated person who has complete power over them. Similarly, paradoxical reports exist of powerless and vulnerable inmates of Nazi camps creating 'favourites' among the guards and even collecting objects discarded by them. The mechanism of reaction formation is often characteristic of obsessional neuroses. When this mechanism is overused, especially during the formation of the ego, it can become a permanent character trait. This is often seen in those with obsessional character and obsessive personality disorders. This does not imply that its periodic usage is always obsessional, but that it can lead to obsessional behavior. == Research == A few studies have found evidence for the existence of reaction formation. Baumeister RF, Dale K, Sommer KL. Freudian Defense Mechanisms and Empirical Findings in Modern Social Psychology: Reaction Formation, Projection, Displacement, Undoing, Isolation, Sublimation, and Denial. J Pers. 1998;66(6):1081-1124. doi:10.1111/1467-6494.00043.
- … that a psychodynamic account identifies the disallowed impulse, anxiety or conflict, exaggerated opposite stance, defensive function, evidence, and viable alternative explanations. to An applied instance preserves the same invariant under a changed scale, notation, jurisdiction, dataset, or implementation..
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