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[The perverse personality].

C Mormont1

  • 1Service de Psychiatrie de l'Université de Liège.

Acta Psychiatrica Belgica
|January 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary
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Perverse personality involves manipulation and rule-breaking, not necessarily sexual perversion. This behavior stems from a core intolerance to disappointment, manifesting in both personality and sexuality.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis

Background:

  • The perverse personality is clinically defined by persistent manipulation, law transgression, and boundary disregard.
  • The term 'perversity' in this context does not inherently imply sexual perversion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a unifying principle underlying both perverse personality and perverse sexuality.
  • To present a general hypothesis that explains these phenomena as manifestations of a shared psychological mechanism.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of clinical observations.
  • Theoretical integration of psychoanalytic concepts.

Main Results:

  • A core principle of intolerance to disappointment underlies both perverse personality and perverse sexuality.

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  • This unifying hypothesis offers an alternative to speculative or ad-hoc explanations.

    • Conclusions:

    • Perverse personality and perverse sexuality are distinct but related manifestations of a fundamental intolerance to disappointment.
    • This framework provides a parsimonious explanation for complex psychological phenomena.