Zeanah C H, Zeanah P D
Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island.
Psychiatry. 1989 May;52(2):177-96. doi: 10.1080/00332747.1989.11024442.
The maltreated-maltreating cycle is the most striking example of the psychodynamic notion that early relationship experiences are carried forward and reenacted in subsequent relationships. Bowlby's attachment theory proposes that transmission of patterns of relating across generations, including maltreatment, is mediated by an individual's internal working models. Recent research that operationalizes working models in infants and in adults provides preliminary support for the congruence of working models across generations. Results from these investigations suggest that the maltreated-maltreating cycle should be redefined. Instead of specific types of maltreatment, an organizing theme of the parent-child relationship and an associated internal working model that provides a way of experiencing that theme are transmitted and later reenacted. In this paper, preliminary data implicating rejection, role-reversal and fear as themes organizing maltreating relationships are reviewed and directions for further research are discussed.
受虐-施虐循环是心理动力学概念中最显著的例子，即早期关系经历会在后续关系中延续并重演。鲍尔比的依恋理论提出，包括虐待在内的跨代关系模式传递是由个体的内部工作模型介导的。近期针对婴儿和成人的内部工作模型进行操作化的研究，为跨代内部工作模型的一致性提供了初步支持。这些调查结果表明，受虐-施虐循环应重新定义。传递并随后重演的并非特定类型的虐待，而是亲子关系的一个组织主题以及与之相关的内部工作模型，该模型提供了体验该主题的一种方式。本文回顾了涉及将拒绝、角色颠倒和恐惧作为组织虐待关系主题的初步数据，并讨论了进一步研究的方向。
