The psychodynamics of gender and gender role / edited by Robert F. Bornstein and Joseph M. Masling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bornstein, Robert F.

Masling, Joseph M.

Series:

Empirical studies of psychoanalytic theories ; vol. 10.

Empirical studies of psychoanalytic theories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex differences (Psychology).

Sex role.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

xxix, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Gender and gender role

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2002]

Summary:

"The Psychodynamics of Gender and Gender Role reviews cutting-edge empirical research on psychoanalytic theories of child development, defense and coping, unconscious mental processing, normal personality functioning, and psychopathology. Its elegant, integrative essays not only summarize a tremendous amount of research on this topic but also set the stage for a reinvigorated psychoanalytic understanding of gender and gender roles.

Contents:

Introduction: the Psychodynamics of Gender and Gender Role / Robert F. Bornstein, Joseph M. Masling xiii

1. Development of Individual Differences in Helplessness: Relations to Gender and Psychodynamic Theory / Kathleen M. Cain 3

Individual Differences in Motivation: The Helpless and Mastery-Oriented Patterns 7

Gender Differences in Helplessness 9

Psychodynamic Theory and Helplessness 10

Development of Individual Differences in Achievement Motivation: Social-Cognitive Research 15

Socialization of Individual Differences in Achievement Motivation 21

Gender and the Development of Helplessness 28

Proposed Model for the Development of Helplessness 32

Psychodynamic Theory and Individual Differences in Motivation 35

2. Gender Differences in Primary Process Thinking and Creativity / Sandra W. Russ 53

Primary Process Thinking 53

Primary Process Thinking and Creativity 55

Gender Differences in Empirical Studies 62

Primary Process in Play Narratives 67

Explanations of Gender Differences 73

3. The Study of Defense Mechanisms: Gender Implications / Phebe Cramer 81

Developing a Method to Study Defenses in Children 84

Why Does Defense Use Change With Development? 93

How Does One Know One Is Assessing Defenses? 96

Immature Defense Use by Adults: Regression or Fixation? 105

Gender Differences and Defenses 107

Synthesis: Gender Differences in Implications of Defense Use 118

4. Exploring the Inner World of Severely Disturbed Bulimic Women: Empirical Investigations of Psychoanalytic Theory of Female Development / J. Christopher Fowler, Ben Brunnschweiler, Johanna Brock 129

Historical Context 130

Psychoanalytic Theory and Empirical Evidence 132

A Study of Severely Disturbed Bulimic Women 141

5. Unconscious Response to "Mommy and I are One": Does Gender Matter? / Staffan Sohlberg, Billy Jansson 165

MIO Effects Vary in a Predictable Way 168

Should Researchers Care About Gender When Studying MIO? 170

Previous Studies 173

New Experiments 178

6. Emotions, Defenses, and Gender / Leslie R. Brody, Serra Muderrisoglu, Ora Nakash-Eisikovits 203

Gender and Development 204

Communion, Agency, and Emotional Expression 207

Context Specificity of Gender Differences in Emotion 208

Defense Mechanisms, Agency, and Communion 209

Defense Mechanisms and Emotions 211

7. Gender Differences in Morality / June Price Tangney, Ronda L. Dearing 251

Empirical Findings on Gender Differences in Superego Strength: The Case of Shame and Guilt 253

Women Are Not Less Moral Than Men: Further Empirical Results From the Study of Empathy 258

The Bottom Line: Gender Differences in Moral Behavior 260

Gender Differences in the Character of the Superego: An Ethic of Care Versus an Ethic of Justice? 262.

Notes:

Series statement on jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1557988943

OCLC:

48397498