Brief report OPD-CA (children and adolescents) axis III: Conflict

Conflict according to the OPD is understood as a lasting and unconscious in ner conflict, which should be described on the background of the child's or adolescent's developmental state. In accordance with the adult OPD the fol lowing seven conflicts can be differentiated: Dependence versus autonomy, s ubmission versus control, desire for care versus autarchy, conflicts of sel f-value (narcissistic conflicts, self-value versus object-value), conflicts of loyalty (guilt conflicts, egoistic venus pro-social tendencies), oedipa l sexual conflicts, identity conflicts (identity versus dissonance). These conflicts have been operationalized for 6 domain of daily living - family, peers, kindergarten/school, property, play and illness - for the developmen tal phases (2-5, 6-11, and older than 12 years) separately.