Aggression: Destructive and constructive aspects

Citation
Gjw. Smith et A. Lilja, Aggression: Destructive and constructive aspects, PERC MOT SK, 90(2), 2000, pp. 609-623
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
ISSN journal
00315125 → ACNP
Volume
90
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
609 - 623
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(200004)90:2<609:ADACA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The concept of aggression was long relegated to the shadow of the libido in psychoanalytic theory, placed among the negative affects by some theoretic ians, denied the role of a primary drive among leading writers in clinical psychology, brought to the fore as an adaptive force in ethology, and prove d to be a decisive factor in the development of psychosomatic ailments. The second part of the paper reviews experiments using projective techniques, showing that highly creative subjects as opposed to ones low in creativity seem inclined to accept their aggressive impulses. A total denial of these impulses has been typical of women with breast cancer.