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Character styles / Stephen M. Johnson.

By: Johnson, Stephen M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Norton, 1994Description: xix, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0393701719.Subject(s): Nature and nurture | Personality development | Individual differences | Personality and culture | Personality disordersDDC classification: 155.25
Contents:
I. A theory of character formation -- A characterological-developmental theory -- Characterological issues of attachment and bonding -- Characterological issues of self-development -- Characterological issues of the self in the system -- II. Character styles -- The hated child: the schizoid experience -- The abandoned child: the symbiotic withdrawal -- The owed child: the symbiotic character -- The used child: the narcissistic experience -- The defeated child: social masochism and the patterns of self-defeat -- The exploited child: hysterical defences and the histrionic personality -- The disciplined child: the obsessive-compulsive personality.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Here, the author shows how basic existential and developmental issues underlie the severe pathology of personality disorders and symptoms of neurosis in character styles.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index.

I. A theory of character formation -- A characterological-developmental theory -- Characterological issues of attachment and bonding -- Characterological issues of self-development -- Characterological issues of the self in the system -- II. Character styles -- The hated child: the schizoid experience -- The abandoned child: the symbiotic withdrawal -- The owed child: the symbiotic character -- The used child: the narcissistic experience -- The defeated child: social masochism and the patterns of self-defeat -- The exploited child: hysterical defences and the histrionic personality -- The disciplined child: the obsessive-compulsive personality.

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Author notes provided by Syndetics

Stephen M. Johnson, Ph.D. , is a professor and chair of the faculty at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Menlo Park, California. He divides his time between clinical teaching and the private practice of psychotherapy in Menlo Park and San Francisco.