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Published Online: 1990, pp. 157–315

Cofactors in the Commission of Violent Crimes: A Self-Psychology Examination

Theodore B. Feldmann, M.D., Phillip W. Johnson, Ph.D., and Roger A. Bell, Ed.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 44, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.2.172

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Abstract

In many violent crimes a cofactor precipitates or elicits the event. This cofactor is usually a person or persons influencing the perpetrator, who most often is an individual with borderline or narcissistic pathology. The framework of self psychology can explain this process by viewing the cofactor as a selfobject providing partial structure for the damaged self. This partial, but incomplete, structure triggers the emergence of violence as a disintegration product of the self.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 44 • Number 2 • 1990, pp. 157–315

Pages: 172 - 179

PubMed: 2368836

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Published in print: 1990, pp. 157–315

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Theodore B. Feldmann, M.D.^*

Louisville, KY

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Phillip W. Johnson, Ph.D.^†

Louisville, KY

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Roger A. Bell, Ed.D.^‡

Louisville, KY

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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292-0001.

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Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville.

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Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville.

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Cofactors in the Commission of Violent Crimes: A Self-Psychology Examination

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