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The psychoanalytic research interview: preliminary suggestions.

Duncan Cartwright1

  • 1School of Psychology, University of Durban-Westville, South Africa. duncanc@webone.com.au

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
|April 20, 2004
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Psychoanalytic interview techniques offer deep insights into unconscious processes beyond basic hermeneutics. This approach enhances understanding of intrapsychic dynamics in research subjects.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis

Background:

  • Traditional hermeneutic principles are insufficient for uncovering unconscious meaning in research interviews.
  • Psychoanalytic concepts offer a framework for deeper interview analysis outside therapeutic settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline psychoanalytically informed principles for interview techniques and analysis.
  • To demonstrate the application of these principles in understanding unconscious meaning and intrapsychic processes.

Main Methods:

  • Derivation of four epistemological principles from the narrative tradition in psychoanalysis.
  • Application of psychoanalytic interview techniques focusing on feeling states, core narratives, identifications, and object relations.
  • Analysis of a verbatim interview to illustrate the proposed methods.

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Main Results:

  • Psychoanalytically informed interview analysis yields significant insights into unconscious meaning.
  • Key analytic tasks include exploring feeling states, core narratives, identifications, and object relations.
  • Methods can prevent "wild analysis" by providing a structured approach.

Conclusions:

  • Psychoanalytic interview techniques provide a robust method for understanding complex psychological phenomena in research.
  • These techniques are applicable beyond clinical settings, enriching qualitative research.
  • A structured, psychoanalytically informed approach enhances the validity and depth of interview analysis.