TY - JOUR
T1 - Levels of emotional awareness
T2 - A cognitive-developmental theory and its application to psychopathology
AU - Lane, R. D.
AU - Schwartz, G. E.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - The authors present a cognitive-developmental theory of emotional awareness that creates a bridge between normal and abnormal emotional states. Their primary thesis is that emotional awareness is a type of cognitive processing which undergoes five levels of structural transformation along a cognitive-developmental sequence derived from an integration of the theories of Piaget and Werner. The five levels of structural transformation are awareness of 1) bodily sensations, 2) the body in action, 3) individual feelings, 4) blends of feelings, and 5) blends of blends of feelings. The authors suggest applications of this model to current unresolved problems in psychiatric theory, research, and practice.
AB - The authors present a cognitive-developmental theory of emotional awareness that creates a bridge between normal and abnormal emotional states. Their primary thesis is that emotional awareness is a type of cognitive processing which undergoes five levels of structural transformation along a cognitive-developmental sequence derived from an integration of the theories of Piaget and Werner. The five levels of structural transformation are awareness of 1) bodily sensations, 2) the body in action, 3) individual feelings, 4) blends of feelings, and 5) blends of blends of feelings. The authors suggest applications of this model to current unresolved problems in psychiatric theory, research, and practice.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.144.2.133
DO - 10.1176/ajp.144.2.133
M3 - Article
C2 - 3812780
AN - SCOPUS:0023152361
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 144
SP - 133
EP - 143
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -