Abstract

MESQUITA, Paula Casagranda  and  BENETTI, Sílvia Pereira da Cruz. Parental representation: conceptual basis and an instrument of assessment. Aletheia [online]. 2014, n.43-44, pp. 203-212. ISSN 1413-0394.

The concept of mental representation has become a relevant construct in psychoanalysis and is associated with different definitions. Therefore, the aim of this article is to discuss about the conceptual basis of the parental representation, in the modern psychoanalysis perspective, considering the contribution of the object-relations theory and the attachment theory. Moreover, the possibilities of evaluation of the mental representations - mainly of the parental representation on the child's perspective - using the instrument MacArthur Story Stem Battery (Emde, Wolf & Oppenheim, 2003) - were evaluated. It is relevant to emphasize that the modern understanding of the inside world of representations of the person reflects a complex scheme of dialectical transactions among the real experiences, the rules of organization of the interpersonal knowledge and the personal history. The MSSB has been quite a useful instrument, with suitable characteristics for the clinical work.

Keywords : Parental representations; Conceptual basis; Evaluation.

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