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Cathexes Toward Significant Others by Sociopathic WomenPositive and Negative Distances
JEANNETTE P MAAS, PhD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1966;15(5):516-522.
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IN BOTH clinical and evaluative experience with persons classified as having behavioral disorders, it has long been recognized that psychological factors centering around emotional isolation and lack of identification with others are prominent. The description "ill primarily in terms of society and of conformity with the prevailing cultural milieu" formulated by the American Psychiatric Association concerns itself mainly with the sociopathic person as seen from the "outside." A survey of the literature shows relatively few successful, objective investigations of the personality structure or emotional components of these persons with only a few exceptions.1-5 This may be attributed to two factors, namely, the real confusion in the field as to the definition of the diagnostic category6 and to the orientation of the persons so defined which makes the problems resistant to study and verfication.4 This research study is particularly concerned with exploring certain perceptions of the self and
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Author Affiliations
LOS ANGELES
From the University of Southern California. Dr. Maas is currently with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.
Accepted for publication May 23, 1966.
Footnotes
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