Relocation, Gender and Emotion - A Psycho-Social Perspective on the Experiences of Military Wives

Provides a detailed description of the use of a psychoanalytically informed, reflexive research method to achieve an understanding of social phenomena. This title throws some light onto the complex, intrapsychic and interpersonal influences that impact upon 'military wives' who accompany members of the British Armed Forces to postings overseas.

List of contents

Introduction -- Military life -- Change, loss, and relocation -- The influence of reactivated primitive psychological processes -- Using psychoanalytic thinking to enhance understanding -- Making psycho-social sense of emotional experiences -- Concluding remarks and policy implications -- Appendix

About the author

Dr Sue Jervis originally worked as a civil servant before changing careers to become a psychodynamic counsellor. Her career within the counselling field was disrupted some years ago when she accompanied her husband, a Naval Officer, on his first overseas postings. Since then, she has become a psycho-social researcher.

Summary

Provides a detailed description of the use of a psychoanalytically informed, reflexive research method to achieve an understanding of social phenomena. This title throws some light onto the complex, intrapsychic and interpersonal influences that impact upon 'military wives' who accompany members of the British Armed Forces to postings overseas.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Jervis, Jervis Sue
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367326616
• ISBN: 978-0-367-32661-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: The Exploring Psycho-Social Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Research, Psychoanalysis, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychological methodology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)