Essays about: "fear of abandonment"

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  1. 1. Nurses' experiences of caring for Covid-19 patients during the Covid-19 pandemic : A qualitative review

    University essay from Röda Korsets Högskola

    Author : Mary Raheem; Gaëlle Laxenaire; [2023]
    Keywords : Nurse; experience; caring; covid-19 patients; Covid-19 pandemic;

    Abstract : Background: The Covid-19 pandemic came suddenly and despite our efforts to limit the spread of the virus many people lost their lives. Nurses, the largest group of health care workers, played a crucial role in the caretaking of patients. READ MORE

  2. 2. SEXUAL ABUSE IN VLADIMIR NABOKOV’S LOLITA: A Psychoanalytic approach to Humbert Humbert’s Sexuality

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Fatima Mosi; [2020-07-03]
    Keywords : engelska; Vladimir Nabokov; Lolita; Psychoanalysis; Sexuality; Sexual Abuse;

    Abstract : Through examining Humbert Humbert’s psychological defense mechanisms in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, this essay aims to analyze Humbert Humbert’s sexuality through the framework of psychoanalytic theory by demonstrating how Humbert Humbert’s abuse is employed as a psychological defense to process his sexuality. By analyzing his abusive actions, the results suggest that the reason for Humbert Humbert’s psychological defense is caused by his fear of abandonment that has been a constant issue throughout the novel, both physically and emotionally. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Defense Mechanisms of Moll Flanders : A Psychoanalytical Essay

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Tina Jakobsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Moll Flanders; Literature; Psychoanalysis; Freud; Lacan; Defense Mechanisms;

    Abstract : The essay analyzes how and why Moll Flanders’s childhood created mental and emotional patterns that would come to shape her personality and affect her behavior. The analysis will use psychoanalytical theories by Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan to discern what defense mechanisms and desires Moll developed in childhood and how these presented themselves throughout her life. READ MORE

  4. 4. A Psychoanalytic Interpretation : Jay Gatsby’s Id, Superego, Ego, and Core Issues

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

    Author : Flavia Miranda O'Shea; [2019]
    Keywords : The Great Gatsby; psychoanalysis; psychoanalytic criticism; id ego superego; fear of abandonment; low self-esteem; insecure sense of self; Jay Gatsby;

    Abstract : The present essay attempts a psychoanalytic interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jay Gatsby’s id, superego, ego, and core issues. The first stage of the paper offers an analysis of Gatsby’s id, superego and ego; and finds that the id largely rules his behaviour, with few instances where the ego takes control and manifests the superego. READ MORE

  5. 5. Physician Assisted Suicide - Ethically Defendable or Not? : A Qualitative Ethical Analysis

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Maria Vangouver; [2019]
    Keywords : Physician assisted suicide; ethics; autonomy; beneficence; non-maleficence; dignity; justice.;

    Abstract : Introduction: Physician assisted suicide (PAS) is the process where the patient terminateshis/her life with the aid of a physician who provides a prescription for lethal medication thatthe patient self-administers in order to commit suicide. PAS is practiced in several countriesand is now gaining support in Sweden. READ MORE