Self-preservation at the center of personality : superego and ego ideal in the regulation of safety

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Introduction Chapter 1 Compliance 1.1 Conditionality of Parental Love 1.2 Subordination to a Leader 1.3 Superego 1.4 Conflict and Self-Contempt 1.5 Persona and Self-Definition 1.6 Perfectionism and Obsessionality 1.7 Summary Chapter 2 Exhibitionism and Ambition 2.1 Ego Ideal 2.2 Striving for Superiority 2.3 Characterological Defenses 2.4 Vanity and Self-Aggrandizement 2.5 Affective Manifestations 2.6 Summary Chapter 3 Assertiveness and Aggressive Control 3.1 Loss and Ambivalence 3.2 Jealousy and Envy 3.3 Righteousness and Sense of Entitlement. 3.4 Vindictiveness and Manipulativeness3.5 Passive Aggressiveness 3.6 Reparation 3.7 Summary Chapter 4 Display of Helplessness and Appeal to Pity 4.1 Persistence of Infantile Dependency 4.2 Regression to Infantile Dependency 4.3 Illness Behavior 4.4 Guilt and Self-Punishment 4.5 Masochism 4.6 Depression 4.7 Summary Chapter 5 Detachment 5.1 Omnipotence 5.2 Hidden Grandiosity 5.3 Grandiose Fantasy 5.4 Faith in God and Belief in Fate 5.5 Schizoid Personality Disorder 5.6 Psychosis 5.7 Summary Chapter 6 Idealization and Identification 6.1 Identification in Object Relationships. 6.2 Identification with the Group or Leader6.3 Identification with God 6.4 Infatuation 6.5 Summary Conclusions References Index.