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Das Konstrukt der Theory of Mind bei Erwachsenen

Das Konstrukt der Theory of Mind bei Erwachsenen

Fakultät für Psychologie und Pädagogik - Digitale Hochschulschriften der LMU vor 14 Jahren

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Theory of Mind is a mental process which can be critical to the
understanding of the maintenance of psychic disorders and can have
implications for their treatment. The idea of a conceptual
organisation of the Theory of Mind is supported by current research
from Developmental Psychology (see Perner, Mauer & Hildenbrand,
2011). We could show that Theory of Mind seems to develop with the
understanding of identity and is based on a common conceptual
basis: the understanding of the relationship between reference and
representation. Theory of Mind means the ability to ascribe and
reflect own mental states and mental states of others. The concept
"Theory of Mind" is used very heterogeneousl and is defined very
broadly in the research with adults. The aim of this work is to
describe the theoretical and conceptual basis of the Theory of Mind
and to show its importance for the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
and Chronic Depression with regards to aetiology concept as well as
for its implications in the specific therapy methods [Dialectic
Trauma Therapy of (Butollo and Karl, 2012) and the Cognitive
Behavioral Analysis System for Psychotherapy (McCullough, 2000,
2006)]. I will take into account the attachment theory, the ability
of perspective-taking and the integration of paradoxical
information as well as the meaning of trauma as a determining
factor in the organisation of the Theory of Mind. The
differentiation between reference and representation forms the
basis of the ability of perspective-taking as well as understanding
identity. This work shows related concepts as well as established
assumptions about the organisation of the Theory of Mind and
Mentalizing and introduces a meta-representational concept to
distinguish between reference and representation. The environment
is seen as an external source of supply to the formation of mental
representation. This work intends a systematic processing of the
conceptual fundament of the Theory of Mind as a basis for the use
in the clinical-therapeutic area.