Kris A O
Psychoanal Q. 1985 Oct;54(4):537-68.
Psychoanalytic theory has limited the term conflict to refer only to convergent conflict, whose elements tend to move toward each other, as in repression. Formulations made from the viewpoint of the method of free association have led the author to favor an expansion in the concept of conflict to include also divergent conflict, whose elements tend to move apart, as in regression-progression and in mourning. A broad range of clinical and theoretical phenomena of psychoanalysis can be accounted for by such a revision in the concept of conflict. Focusing on resistance, this paper provides a historical review and discusses the application of an expanded concept of conflict in the field of psychoanalytic technique.
精神分析理论将冲突这一术语的含义局限于仅指趋同冲突，其元素往往相互趋近，如在压抑过程中那样。从自由联想方法的视角所做的阐述，使作者倾向于扩大冲突的概念，将发散冲突也涵盖其中，其元素往往相互分离，如在退行 - 进步过程以及哀悼过程中那样。对冲突概念进行这样的修正，能够解释精神分析领域广泛的临床和理论现象。本文聚焦于阻抗，进行了历史回顾，并探讨了冲突的扩展概念在精神分析技术领域的应用。
