Diplomarbeit--Psychologie--Universität Berlin, 2004. / Bibliogr. p. 120-125.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Theological Seminary, 1987. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-149).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1992. / Includes abstract, indexes and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-74).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1994. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-107).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1992. / Includes abstract, indexes and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-74).

This work intends to study the virtual self- exhibition, believing it maintains an intimate relation with today´s man narcissistic manifestations flood. This manifestations, in our perspective, are the main responsible for a new discursive style widely present in the media (social networks), but that also finds representatives in film and television (the reality shows and intimacy documentaries). All these examples, are related to a new process for existence aesthetics, therefore are a new form of being subject and in the world. We will direct our attention to the speech itself in the virtual environment and it existential anesthetization in order to understand them in the psychoanalysis field. In order to attend this assumption, we will use the Heinz Kohut´s writings on the Self Psychology and narcissistic transference mobilizations. Through this theoretical conceptualization, we propose that the virtual self- exhibition e is the grandiose self´s expression. Just as we have confidence that narcissism present in social networks are also this archaic structure byproduct. To better grasp what all this means, we will lay them in symptomatic level. Not because they are necessarily pathological, but because this theoretical device transforms them into a phenomena that decrypts itself. Based on this thinking, we seek to understand the facebook bonds and what it makes visible regarding new contemporary subjectivity modes. / O presente trabalho pretende estudar a exibição no ambiente virtual, por acreditar no seu parentesco com a avalanche de manifestações narcísicas do homem do agora. A nosso ver, essas manifestações são as principais responsáveis por um novo estilo discursivo amplamente presente nos meios de comunicação (nas redes sociais), que também encontram representantes no cinema e na televisão (os reality-shows e documentários da intimidade). Todos esses exemplos estão relacionados a um novo processo de estetização da existência e, por isso, são representantes de uma nova forma de ser sujeito e estar no mundo. Direcionaremos a nossa atenção, apenas, para o discurso de si no ambiente virtual e sua estetização existencial, a fim de compreendê-los no terreno da psicanálise. Para atender tal premissa, utilizaremos os escritos de Heinz Kohut sobre a Psicologia do Self em especial nas mobilizações transferenciais propriamente narcísicas. Por intermédio dessa conceituação teórica, proporemos que a exibição, no ambiente virtual, possa ser uma expressão do self grandioso, assim como temos a confiança de que o narcisismo, presente nas redes sociais, e também fora dela, também seja um subproduto dessa estrutura arcaica. Para melhor apreensão do que isso tudo significa, colocaremos essas manifestações a nível sintomático, não por acreditar que elas sejam necessariamente patológicas, mas porque esse artifício teórico as transfigura em fenômenos decifráveis por si mesmos. Partindo desse pensamento, procuramos entender tanto os laços mediados pelo Facebook, assim como o que ele torna visível a respeito dos sujeitos contemporâneos.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2008. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-68).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Divinity School, December 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

This study explored the relationship between self-development as evidenced in the domain of narcissism and the process of vocational development as evidenced in career values, planning, and decisiveness/self-efficacy. It was suggested that this relationship would be impacted by family birth order and gender. Heinz Kohut's theory of self-psychology was utilized to understand narcissism from both an adaptive and maladaptive, developmental perspective. A review of narcissism and self-development theories was included to provide a comparative and comprehensive approach. Literature indicated that the development of narcissism was influenced by birth order and gender. Additionally, a review of the literature suggested a connection between Kohut's theory of the self and narcissism and aspects of the career development process, such as planning, decision-making, and occupational values. The sample consisted of 346 undergraduate students. Structural Equation Modeling was performed to test causal hypotheses. The major findings of the current study were that superiority (a measure of grandiosity) predicts altruistic career values and career decisiveness. Superiority is a slightly better predictor of altruistic career values than decisiveness. Additionally, goal instability (idealizing) predicts altruistic career values and career decisiveness. Goal instability had a predictive value that was nearly three times stronger for decisiveness. The results indicated that birth order and gender were not moderator variables in examining the relationship between goal instability and superiority. This study provided insight into the relationship between narcissism and the vocational/career development processes. These relationships may be important for career counselors and other related professionals. These findings may encourage counselors to assess and understand a client's narcissistic tendencies and individual representations when assisting in the career development process. A client's values regarding career options, along with his/her associated self-efficacy and ability to make important decisions, appear to be factors to consider when counseling an individual through vocational/career development. Limitations of the study were addressed and directions for further research discussed.