Hopkins L B
Psychiatry. 1980 Feb;43(1):1-12. doi: 10.1080/00332747.1980.11024046.
Historically, attempts to achieve experimental confirmation of hypotheses in psychoanalytic theory have been very limited. As Nelson (1976) has pointed out, the psychoanalytic literature is abundantly filled with articles and symposia dealing with the inherent difficulties of psychoanalytic research. This study represents an attempt to translate an area of analytic theory into an experimental paradigm and to use the paradigm in a test of the validity of the theory. The theory being tested in Erikson's (1968) theory of identity formation in females. The findings lead to a suggestion that Erikson's theory is in need of modification as a description of contemporary women. The study is discussed here in the context of Erikson's theory and the analytic writings on the female inner space.
从历史上看，在精神分析理论中对假设进行实验验证的尝试非常有限。正如尼尔森（1976）所指出的，精神分析文献中充斥着大量论述精神分析研究固有困难的文章和专题讨论会。本研究试图将分析理论的一个领域转化为一种实验范式，并运用该范式来检验该理论的有效性。所检验的理论是埃里克森（1968）关于女性身份形成的理论。研究结果表明，作为对当代女性的一种描述，埃里克森的理论需要修正。本文将在埃里克森的理论以及关于女性内心空间的分析著作的背景下对该研究进行讨论。
