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The psychological birth of the human infant : symbiosis and individuation

Title
The psychological birth of the human infant : symbiosis and individuation / Margaret S. Mahler, Fred Pine, Anni Bergman.
Author
Mahler, Margaret S.
Publication
New York, NY : Basic Books, [2000], ©1975.

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Additional Authors
  • Pine, Fred, 1931-
  • Bergman, Anni, 1919-
Description
xxvi, 309 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Alternative Title
Symbiosis and individuation
Subject
  • Infant psychology
  • Symbiosis (Psychology)
  • Separation-individuation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-288) and indexes.
Contents
  • Preface to the 2000 Edition / Fred Pine -- Preface to the 2000 Edition / Anni Bergman -- Pt. I. Separation-Individuation in Perspective. 1. Overview. 2. Evolution and Functioning of the Research Setting -- Pt. II. On Human Symbiosis and the Subphases of the Separation-Individuation Process. 3. The Forerunners of the Separation-Individuation Process. 4. The First Subphase: Differentiation and the Development of the Body Image. 5. The Second Subphase: Practicing. 6. The Third Subphase: Rapproachement. 7. The Fourth Subphase: Consolidation of Individuality and the Beginnings of Emotional Object Constancy -- Pt. III. Five Children's Subphase Development. 8. Bruce. 9. Donna. 10. Wendy. 11. Teddy. 12. Sam -- Pt. IV. Summary and Reflections. 13. Variations Within the Subphases with Special Reference to Differentiation. 14. The Epigenesis of Separation Anxiety, Basic Mood, and Primitive Identity. 15. Reflections on Core Identity and Self-Boundary Formation.
  • 16. Some Concluding Remarks about the Significance of the Rapprochement Crisis.
ISBN
  • 0465095542 (pbk.)
  • 0465066593 (cloth) (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
  • ocm44903152
  • SCSB-3985615
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries