Current Conceptualizations on Masochism: Genesis and Object Relations
Abstract
Masochism, when dejned as a self-defeating way of loving and individuating remains a useful clinical construct. This article is designed to: (1) review the ltterature on masochism; (2) present a descriptive clinical overview of the masochistic personality; (3) describe and discuss the etiology of the disorder and; (4) discuss masochistic object relations.
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