THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SATANIC CULT INVOLVEMENT: AN ...

APPENDIX 4 (B) SUBJECT FOUR: Significant interpersonal contexts, fantasies, and corresponding object relations
derivatives
Interpersonal Context Fantasy Self rep. Affect link Ob.iect rep T. no.
As a child S felt unwanted, disliked, The people who matter to me dislike, criticise, Unlovable, hated Persecutory Hostile, 1
and criticised by people around him. and reject me [Internalisation of hostile, child. anxiety, rejecting, cruel
rejecting objects]. anger. objects.
Instead of befriending him, S's Instead of accepting me as their friend my Alienated, Persecutory Destructive, 2
peers insulted, teased, and fought peers attack and hurt me. rejected, anxiety, hostile attackers.
with him. inadequate. resentment.
S felt devastated by his parents' My parents have attacked and destroyed their Bereft, Anxiety, Warring, 3
divorce when he was eight years old. union, and I am powerless to repair their uncontained, grief. damaged,
relationship. [Internalisation of a warring, helpless child. unavailable
damaged parental couple].
parental couple.
S was raised by his mother, who he I cannot hate the only parent on whom I can Adoring part- Anxiety, Idealised 5
adored and idealised as a model depend, so I will make her perfect in my mind self split off anger. maternal partparent.
and thus protect her from my angry attacks on from destructive object split off
her [Defensive splitting and idealisation of part self from bad
maternal part-object]. representation. maternal partobject.
S disliked the Christian church I hate the Christian spiritual activities that my Resentful, Anger, Coercive, 16
meetings his mother forced him to selfish, uncaring mother forces into me. angry, anti- hatred. moralistic,
attend. [Coercive, uncaring, religious maternal object Christian child. uncaring
internalised]. Christian [bad
maternal partobject].
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