Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study

Includes bibliography. === In this dissertation I explore the underlying psychological function of the competitive behaviour of an 11-year-old boy, whom I treated in individual psychotherapy. I postulate that his competitiveness functioned partly as a self-invigorating compensation, and partly as a...

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Main Author: Fielding, Ann
Other Authors: Swartz, Sally
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10482