My main thesis is that the structures determined by internalized object relations constitute a
crucial determinant of ego integration and an abnormal development of internalized object …

For many years, separately and together, the authors have been conducting research with
infants. These investigations have involved detailed observations of infant behavior …

father in the oedipal phase of development. According to Freud, these early attachments
presumably establish and determine pat terns for later relationships and thus limit any …

In recent years, following Hartmann, Kris, and Loewenstein (1946), we have come to
assume a developmentally undifferentiated phase in which ego and id are not yet …

What we report today is a direct outgrowth of Ernst Kris's interest and thinking in connection
with the longitudinal study in child development which he directed at the Yale University …

Research on mother-infant interaction in the first year of life can contribute to
conceptualizing the development of self-and object representations and the emerging …

A model for the development of this mechanism is offered as well as evidence for it from five
areas:(1) the nature of the association of early attachment and later cognitive functioning,(2) …

The ego attitude of entitlement is presented as a distortion of the self-representation,
developing in response to a deficiency in maternal relatedness. It represents an attempt by …

The aims of attachment and of separateness, and their experiential counterparts within the
overall sense of self identity, guide the individual throughout the life cycle. Multiple forms of …

In the last twenty years an increasing number of investigators have become interested in
research with infants. This interest has sprung from two different concerns. One group of …