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| Title |
Ego, drives, and the dynamics of internal objects
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00666 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Simon Boag |
| Abstract |
This paper addresses the relationship between the ego, id, and internal objects. While ego psychology views the ego as autonomous of the drives, a less well-known alternative position views the ego as constituted by the drives. Based on Freud's ego-instinct account, this position has developed into a school of thought which postulates that the drives act as knowers. Given that there are multiple drives, this position proposes that personality is constituted by multiple knowers. Following on from Freud, the ego is viewed as a composite sub-set of the instinctual drives (ego-drives), whereas those drives cut off from expression form the id. The nature of the "self" is developed in terms of identification and the possibility of multiple personalities is also established. This account is then extended to object-relations and the explanatory value of the ego-drive account is discussed in terms of the addressing the nature of ego-structures and the dynamic nature of internal objects. Finally, the impact of psychological conflict and the significance of repression for understanding the nature of splits within the psyche are also discussed. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Brazil | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 159 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 156 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 10% |
| Researcher | 8 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 4% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 17 | 11% |
| Unknown | 72 | 45% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 35 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Linguistics | 6 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 26 | 16% |
| Unknown | 74 | 47% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 April 2022.
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