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Parental representations and orality.

R F Bornstein1, D J Galley, D R Leone

  • 1Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Amherst 14226, USA.

Journal of Personality Assessment
|April 1, 1986
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This study found that higher levels of oral personality traits in men correlated with more negative perceptions of their mothers. Conceptual thinking about parents was not related to orality.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychodynamics
  • Personality Studies

Background:

  • The oral personality construct is a key concept in psychodynamic theory.
  • Understanding the relationship between early developmental stages and adult representations of parents is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the correlation between orality and the quality of parental representations in undergraduate males.
  • To explore the link between oral personality traits and conceptual thinking about parents.

Main Methods:

  • 193 undergraduate males completed the Rorschach orality measure.
  • Participants also completed the Parental Representations measure by Blatt et al. (1981).

Main Results:

  • A significant correlation was found between orality and the quality of parental representations.

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  • Highly oral subjects reported more negative descriptions of their mothers compared to low oral subjects.
  • No significant relationship was observed between orality and the conceptual level of parental descriptions.

    • Conclusions:

    • Orality in males is associated with more negative perceptions of the mother.
    • Findings support psychodynamic formulations of the oral personality.
    • The conceptual level of parental representations is independent of oral personality traits.