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Mental Representations in Personality Development, Psychopathology, and the Therapeutic Process

Blatt, Sidney J., Auerbach, John S., Levy, Kenneth N.·1997·Review of General Psychology

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This article considers the construct of mental representation from the perspectives of psychoanalytic object-relations theory and cognitive developmental psychology and the congruence of these formulations with research and theory in cognitive science and social cognition. Concepts of mental representation are applied to the study of psychopathology, personality assessment, interpersonal relationships or attachment styles, and therapeutic progress in the long-term, inpatient treatment of seriously disturbed adolescents and young adults. Understanding of personality development, psychopathology, and the therapeutic process is greatly enhanced by this constructivist perspective, which considers the construction of mental representations or cognitive–affective schemas to be a central constituent of personality development and organization.

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Authors: Blatt, S. J., Auerbach, J. S., & Levy, K. N.
Affiliations: City University of New York (US)
Veterans Health Administration (US)
ORCID: Auerbach, John S.
Levy, Kenneth N.
Venue: Review of General Psychology
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 1997-12
Volume: 1
Issue: 4
Pages: 351-374
ISSN: 1089-2680 (ISSN-L)
1939-1552
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.1.4.351
OpenAlex: W2090354017
Cited by: 217
References: 200
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 4.74
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Review of General Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords: mental representation, personality development, psychopathology, attachment styles, interpersonal relationships, treatment advances, adolescents and young adults, constructivist approach, social cognition

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