Projective identification is a defense mechanism, meaning it’s a way of protecting the way we see ourselves from contradictory information. To understand projective identification, it helps to ...

“At times, I could murder him!” says Alan, complaining about his lazy son who’s refusing to go to school. Amy is about to say goodbye to the class of 6-year-olds she’s been teaching for over a year.

A patient may employ both projection and projective identification, (but) projection is typical of a higher (neurotic) level of functioning, whereas projective identification is typical of the ...

Ely, R., Sanaz Mobasseri, and C. Chu. "Defending White Hegemonic Masculinity: A Test of the Projective Identification Hypothesis." Paper presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies ...