Interactional Conceptions of Self-Formation in Children
Abstract
The authors whose scientific output has been presented here stood out for they showed the development of structure of personality, especially of self, as a result of the relationship individual-environment, especially social environment.
Mention has been made about depression in infants, as described by R. Spitz, and about D.W. Winnicott's objects and transitory activities. J. Bowlby's conception of attachment has been discussed more extensively as well as his hints for parents who would like to protect their child from neurosis.
The paper reports on J.D. Lichtenberg's description of the development of personality in infants as a result of an active adjustment to the nursing person and broader environment. N. Stern describes overlapping senses of self which successively appear in the child. Their development is the outcome of a dialogue between the child and the nursing person.
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