Self-esteem as a Factor in Social and Domestic Violence
- 2 January 1991
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 158 (1), 18-23
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.158.1.18
Abstract
Psychoanalytical ideas are used to outline how poor narcissistic development can lead to poor regulation of self-esteem. This in turn often underlies domestic violence, the short-term treatment of which can be aided by psychodynamic understanding.Keywords
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