MEASUREMENT OF CATHECTIC DISCRIMINATION |
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| Authors: | Carl W. Ramfalk |
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| Affiliation: | Psychological Laboratory, University of Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | R amfalk , C. W. Measurement of cathectic discrimination. Scand. J. Psychol ., 1961, 2, 191–202—-(1) One of the hypothetical constructs of a personality theory is preliminarily explored. The constructs are based on an experimental model in which the main concepts can be operationally defined and objectively measured by cathectic discrimination technique. (2) In order to stabilize the technical part of the project, change in cathectic orientation during (pre-) adolescence was selected as a suitable first object for the investigation. (3) Deviation from normal development in changes of cathectic orientation seems to be related to absence from school, anxiety, guilt and identification. |
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