scholarly journals PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY DISORDER IN LARSSON’S “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO”

Lire Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-152
Author(s):  
Christy Tisnawijaya ◽  
Puji Astuti
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Psychopathic Personality ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Nature And Nurture

This paper investigates how childhood trauma causes someone to suffer from a personality disorder. The narrative discussed in this paper is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (2005). The main character of the story, Martin Vanger, is unable to comprehend other’s feelings and gets pleasure from hurting women. These psychopathic behaviors are triggered by the traumatic events he endured during childhood. He was sexually assaulted by his father and was forced to watch him killing women. These experiences are the seeds of crimes that Martin commits as an adult. By using descriptive analysis, this paper explores how Martin, who was once a victim of child abuse, turns into the abuser. Freud states that someone’s personality is influenced by the interaction of id, ego, and super-ego (1993). Furthermore, Erikson believes that someone’s personality is also shaped by nature and nurture (1977). Therefore, psychoanalysis theory along with psychological approach is applied to examine the character’s psyche, mainly to reveal the causes of psychopathic personality disorder suffered by the main character. The result shows that traumatic experiences during childhood generate anxiety; guilt, shame, and agony affect the character’s psychosocial development.  

scholarly journals An Analysis of Personality Disorder of The Main Character in Frankie & Alice Film

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-326
Author(s):  
Tubagus Satriyadi
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Defense Mechanism ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Guilty Feeling

Abstrak Tulisan ini adalah sebuah analsis terhadap permasalahan psikologis dari Frankie, tokoh utama dalam film Frankie & Alice. Penulis menggunakan metode qualitative deskriptif dan teori psikoanalisis dari Sigmund Freud. Hasil analisis menunjukan bahwa Frankie sebagai tokoh utama, memiliki sifat cinta pada keluarga namun dia lemah karena adanya gangguan kepribadian. Permasalahannya itu muncul karena pengalaman traumatisnya yang membuat dia merasa gelisah tingkat tinggi. Untuk melindungi dirinya dari pengalaman traumatis itu, Ia menggunakan identitas dissosiatif, sebagai mekanisme perlawanan dirinya yang memunculkan dua jenis kepribadian, yaitu Alice dan Genius yang memiliki fungsi yang berbeda. Kepribadin pertama berfungsi untuk melindunginya dari perasaan bersalah. Sementara itu kepribadian kedua, berfungsi sebagai pembantu.---Abstract This writing is an analysis of the psychological problems of Frankie as the main character in Frankie & Alice film. The writer uses qualitative descriptive analysis method and psychoanalysis theory of Sigmund Freud. The analysis shows that Frankie as the main character is a loving family person but she is weak because of her personality disorder. Her problem is because of her traumatic experiences that makes her feel high anxiety. To protect herself from the traumatic experience, she uses dissociative identity disorder, part of dissociation, as her defense mechanism that creates two other personalities (multiple personalities), namely Alice and Genius who have different functions. The first functions to protect her from guilty feeling to make her a better person. On the other hand, the second functions as a helper.

scholarly journals CHILD ABUSE EXPERIENCED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN RAINBOW ROWELL’S ELEANOR AND PARK: A PSYCHOSOCIAL ANALYSIS

IdeBahasa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
Arani Lintang Kinanti ◽  
Resneri Daulay
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Child Neglect ◽  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Development Stages ◽  
Different Types

This research entitled Child Abuse Experienced By The Main Character In Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor And Park: A Psychosocial Analysis. Eleanor and Park was a coming-of-age novel written by Rainbow Rowell. Eleanor, one of the main characters, had a lot of things going on in her life, she lived in poverty and had to deal with child abuse everyday. This research was aimed to identify what kind of abuse Eleanor experienced and to analyze how the abuse affected Eleanor’s psychosocial development. This research was classified into a qualitative research. The data were taken from the novel Eleanor and Park written by Rainbow Rowell. In analyzing the data, the researcher applied four out of eight stages of psychosocial development theory by Erik H. Erikson while trying to classify different types of abuse that Eleanor experienced. The data were in descriptive form which was why the analysis is enlighten by the researcher in descriptive way. The result of this research showed that Eleanor had troubles passing psychosocial development stages due to what she had been through in her home life. She might succeed in Early Childhood stage but since living with her step-father, Richie, and receiving many types of child abuse from him such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse and child neglect, she failed to pass three later the stages. In consequence, she grew many unhealthy personalities and getting more distant with people in society. Nonetheless, ever since she met Park, she changed to be a better person, although it took her some time. The story ended without the researcher knowing if she passes the adolescence stage successfully. Therefore, there was still possibility for her to pass later stages well and be a healthy individual.  

State Intervention and Childhood Multiple Personality Disorder

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deni Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Prima Facie ◽  
Multiple Personality Disorder ◽  
Multiple Personality ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
Legal Problems

Multiple personality disorder is a mental disorder caused, in part, by childhood trauma, most usually severe and sustained physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Although the disorder is usually diagnosed in adults, evidence shows that it develops during childhood, with the first personality split typically occurring before the age of eight. Using a criterion of harm, this article argues that the diagnosis of multiple personality in a child ought serve as prima facie evidence for child abuse, even if compelling physical evidence is lacking. Medical, social, and legal problems raised by the diagnosis of childhood multiple personality disorder are discussed.

Body dysmorphic disorder in patients with borderline personality disorder: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and role of childhood trauma

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umit Semiz ◽  
Cengiz Basoglu ◽  
Mesut Cetin ◽  
Servet Ebrinc ◽  
Ozcan Uzun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Clinical Interview ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Axis I

Objective:The prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) is unidentified. We hypothesised that BDD would be more common than realised in patients with BPD and comorbidity with BDD would result in a more severe clinical profile. Also, childhood trauma may play a predictive role in this association.Methods:The study included 70 BPD in-patients and 70 matched healthy controls. The subjects were evaluated with a comprehensive assessment battery using Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I), Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (SCID-II) diagnostic tool for BDD, Global Assessment of Functioning, Traumatic Experiences Checklist and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.Results:The prevalence of BDD was 54.3% in the borderline sample. The BPD patients with BDD had significantly lower overall functioning and higher levels of BPD pathology, childhood traumatic experiences, suicide attempts, substance abuse and self-mutilation than those without BDD. Traumatic experiences were significant predictor of comorbid BDD diagnosis in BPD patients.Conclusions:Our results suggest a relatively high prevalence of BDD among patients with BPD, and co-occurrence of BDD and BPD remains to be clarified. The additional diagnosis of BDD in patients with BPD may cause a more severe global illness, and these two disorders may share, at least partly, a common psychopathologic mechanism.

Childhood Trauma and Psychopathic Features Among Juvenile Offenders

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (14) ◽  
pp. 4359-4380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne S. J. Farina ◽  
Katherine J. Holzer ◽  
Matt DeLisi ◽  
Michael G. Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Psychopathic Personality ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Personality Features

Despite growing interest in psychopathic personality features in juvenile offenders, few studies have examined the relationship between childhood trauma and psychopathy. The present study utilized two datasets: 253 adolescents in a residential facility for juvenile offenders in Pennsylvania and 723 institutionalized delinquents in Missouri. Zero-order correlations and linear regression techniques were employed for boys and girls to examine the relationships between trauma, assessed using the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument Version 2 (MAYSI-2) Traumatic Experiences Scale and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), and psychopathy as measured by the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) and the Psychopathic Personality Inventory–Short Form (PPI-SF). Results indicate that psychopathy is significantly correlated with childhood trauma. For the Missouri data, trauma significantly predicted psychopathy scores for both boys and girls. These results suggest that nuanced understanding of traumatic history of these adolescents may not only be a pathway to psychopathy but also a critical part of their overall assessment and treatment plan.

scholarly journals “Childhood Cuts Festered and Never Scabbed Over”: Child Abuse in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child

2016 ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Manuela López Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
The Past ◽  
Witnessing Domestic Violence

Toni Morrison revisits one of the main thematic concerns, child abuse and trauma, of her premier novel, The Bluest Eye, in her latest book God Help the Child. She has actually dealt profusely with all sorts of child maltreatment in her oeuvre. In her recent narrative, Morrison weaves a tangled web of childhood trauma stories, in which all of the characters have suffered some kind of abuse: neglect, witnessing domestic violence, emotional and psychological abuse, molestation, sexual abuse, etc. She shows how the child’s exposure to traumatic experiences has dramatic far-reaching effects into adulthood, such as psychological, emotional, behavioral and social problems. Morrison explores the curse of the past, the legacy of slavery and its aftermath, and its hold on the present, through the phenomenon of colorism. Racism and intra-racial discrimination based on the skin color result in childhood trauma. Children may adopt coping strategies to resist maltreatment or they may internalize oppression and accept self-loathing. Violence generates violence, a vicious cycle which will eventually make the victims future victimizers. Nonetheless, God Help the Child is not only about childhood abuse and trauma, but it is also about transformation and healing. Morrison describes the characters’ restorative journeys towards redemption.

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