A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY OF AUTO ACCIDENT VICTIMS

FROM INTERVIEWS OF 11 MALE ONE-CAR COLLISION VICTIMS IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS IT APPEARED THAT THOSE MEN HAD " A PREDISPOSITION TO CHERISH THEIR OWN PSYCHIC AUTONOMY; A TENDENCY TO WITHDRAW FROM CONFLICTING LIFE SITUATIONS BY UTILIZING DENIAL, MANIC DEFENSE, AND ACTION-ORIENTED BEHAVIOR, AND AN AFFINITY FOR COUNTERPHOBIC MECHINISMS TO OBTAIN SPURIOUS MASTERY AND COUNTER EGO-DYSTONIC TEMPTATIONS TO RELY UPON OTHERS. OTHER PERTINENT FINDINGS WERE A HIGH INCIDENCE OF ALCOHOLIC INTAKE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT; A TENDENCY TO RESPOND TO IT WITH NONCHALANT ACCEPTANCE AS ONE MANIFESTATION OF A GENERAL TENDENCY TO REMAIN EMOTIONALLY UNINVOLVED; AND A PREOCCUPATION WITH AUTOMOBILES AND RACING." /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 5, No 1, PP 62-84
• Corporate Authors:

  Contemporary Psychoanalysis

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• Authors:
  • Osman, M P
• Publication Date: 1969-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash injury research; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Single vehicle crashes; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223073
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Psychological Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 9 1970 12:00AM