身份和姓名变更。

Identity and name changes.

作者信息

Falk A

出版信息

Psychoanal Rev. 1975;62(4):647-57.

Abstract

The theoretical literature as well as case material presented point to the intimate relationship of name changes to identity struggles. Names have strong affective value and symbolize an important part of a person's identity. The cultural and social value of a name may be secondary to the personal meaning of that name to the individual who in changing it will reveal an inner change in his sense of identity or an inability to integrate a diffuse sense of identity. The answer to "what's in a name?" may be "Identity's in a name."

摘要

理论文献以及所呈现的案例材料都表明，名字的改变与身份认同的挣扎有着密切的关系。名字具有强烈的情感价值，象征着一个人身份的重要部分。名字的文化和社会价值可能次于其对个人的意义，而个人在更改名字时，会揭示其身份感的内在变化，或者表明其无法整合一种模糊的身份感。“名字里有什么？”的答案可能是“身份就在名字里”。