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Sexual Attitudes & Shame: Catholic Women’S Perspectives, Colleen Conklin
Sexual Attitudes & Shame: Catholic Women’S Perspectives, Colleen Conklin
Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)
Guilt, particularly around sexuality, is a concept commonly associated with those who practice Catholicism. Additionally, women in the United States (US) often navigate many mixed messages surrounding sexuality. Women who are raised in religious traditions that hold strong messages about the importance of one’s sexuality and its expression may have a particularly complicated relationship with their body and sexual experiences. Nonconsensual sexual experiences also further complicate one’s self image and self-esteem. The purpose of this study is to examine the potential correlations between one’s level of religiosity, shame, and sexual attitudes. These themes were investigated through the implementation of a …
Trends. The Devil's In The Details: The Vatican And Exorcism, Ibpp Editor
Trends. The Devil's In The Details: The Vatican And Exorcism, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the recent revision to the Roman Catholic ritual of exorcism.
An Inquiry Into Personality Development: A Theory Of Symbiotic Relationship, Kenneth William Chittick
An Inquiry Into Personality Development: A Theory Of Symbiotic Relationship, Kenneth William Chittick
Graduate Thesis Collection
This thesis presents an inquiry into personality development, that is, it advances a theory of personality formation based on the symbiotic relationship between mother and child. It will show indications from the research of Rappoport, Ottinger and Simmons, and the writings of Mahler, that in the relationship between the infant and its mother, the infant at first thinks that the mother is an actual part of its own wholeness. Therefore, the theory will attempt to explain how a normal, a neurotic or a psychotic personality structure of later years can be traced back to the symbiotic phase of the infant's …