Children’s expressions of revenge fantasies in response to trauma from bullying : a psychodynamic perspective

dc.contributor.advisorEskell-Blokland, Linda
dc.contributor.emailu25309316@tuks.co.za
dc.contributor.postgraduateFulbeck, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-08T09:46:55Z
dc.date.available2019-07-08T09:46:55Z
dc.date.created2019/04/10
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionMini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
dc.description.abstractThis research study presents an exploration of revenge fantasies that occur as a response to the trauma that is brought about by bullying. There is a lack of literature specifically related to this field of inquiry. Literature about the phenomenon of bullying and the existence of revenge fantasies from a psychodynamic perspective was used to inform the research. The researcher conducted a focus group with five participants between the ages of 11-13 years old, and employed the use of art to stimulate the participants’ narratives. Thematic analysis was conducted on the interview transcripts, and themes related to the participants’ experiences of being bullied and their subsequent revenge fantasies emerged. The findings indicated that all the participants had fantasies of revenge directed toward their bullies. Four of the participants’ fantasies involved their bullies dying violent deaths – either at their hands, or through suicide - whereas one participant’s fantasy involved God exacting revenge on the bully. These findings may have important implications in the therapeutic context, as they may contribute to future pathological behaviour if the revenge fantasies are unresolved.
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dc.description.degreeMA
dc.description.departmentPsychology
dc.identifier.citationFulbeck, R 2018, Children’s expressions of revenge fantasies in response to trauma from bullying : a psychodynamic perspective, MA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70578>
dc.identifier.otherA2019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/70578
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.titleChildren’s expressions of revenge fantasies in response to trauma from bullying : a psychodynamic perspective
dc.typeMini Dissertation

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