Recordar, repetir, elaborar e construir: a busca do objeto materno na análise de uma menina adotada / Recordar, repetir, elaborar y construir: la búsqueda del objeto materno en el análisis de una niña adoptiva / Remembering, repeating, working-through and constructing: The search for the maternal object in the analysis of an adopted girl

Este trabalho examina o recordar, repetir e elaborar na análise, e enfatiza a dimensão do construir condições necessárias para o desenvolvimento primitivo de pessoas que apresentam falhas iniciais básicas. É relatado o caso clínico de uma menina adotiva que apresentava, na transferência, material bastante regressivo, pré-verbal, e buscava introjetar um objeto materno consistente. A adoção e as angústias dos pais adotivos aparecem como pano de fundo na evolução do processo analítico e são também comentadas.

Este trabajo examina el acto de recordar, repetir y elaborar, y destaca la dimensión de construir condiciones necesarias para el desarrollo primitivo de personas que presentan fallas iniciales básicas. Es relatado el caso clínico de una niña adoptiva que presentaba un comportamiento bastante regresivo, preverbal, y buscaba insertar un objeto materno consistente. La adopción y las angustias de los padres adoptivos aparecen como telón de fondo en la evolución del proceso analítico.

This paper examines remembering, repeating, and working-through in analysis, emphasizing the importance of the construction of necessary conditions for the early development of people who present initial basic faults. A clinical case is described in which an adopted girl presented through transference a very regressive and pre-verbal content and sought the introjection of a consistent maternal object. The adoption and the adoptive parents' anxieties appeared as a backdrop in the development of the analytic process, and are also analyzed.

The Correlation among Maternal Object Relation, Personality and Symptoms of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder / 신경정신의학

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the relationships among maternal object relations, personality, and symptoms of children with ADHD. METHODS: The study's participants were 72 children with ADHD and their mothers. We used the Bell Object Relation Inventory (BORI), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), and Korean Personality Inventory for Children (KPI-C) to assess each child's maternal object relations, personality, and symptoms. RESULTS: The T scores of the pathologic group (PG) were higher than those of the normal group (NG) on the MMPI's D, Pa, Sc, Ma, and Si scales. The PG also had higher T scores than did the NG in delinquency, hyperactivity, family interaction, and autism on the KPI-C. Alienation in the PG was positively associated with hyperactivity and family interaction. The PG's egocentricity was positively associated with hyperactivity, family interaction, and autism. However, the NG was not associated with KPI-C. Per a stepwise multiple regression analysis, alienation was the most potent variable for hyperactivity, and egocentricity was the most critical variable for family interaction. CONCLUSION: These results show that the PG had a greater possibility of having personality problems than did the NG. In particular, alienation and egocentricity with regard to maternal object relations were the most decisive variables in children's symptoms.