2001
The Twin Poles of Order and Chaos
Mayes L. The Twin Poles of Order and Chaos. The Psychoanalytic Study Of The Child 2001, 56: 137-170. PMID: 12102010, DOI: 10.1080/00797308.2001.11800671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental perspectiveTheories of developmentPsychoanalytic developmental perspectiveLevel of fantasyPsychological developmentDevelopmental theoryChild developmentPsychoanalytic perspectiveConstant dialecticSystems theoryThird questionDiversity of theoriesGeneral systems theoryDifferent perspectivesPerspectiveTheoryTaskQuestionsAttitudesChildrenEpigenesisAdultsFantasyDisordersTwin poles
1999
Clocks, Engines, and Quarks—Love, Dreams, and Genes
Mayes L. Clocks, Engines, and Quarks—Love, Dreams, and Genes. The Psychoanalytic Study Of The Child 1999, 54: 169-192. PMID: 10748632, DOI: 10.1080/00797308.1999.11822500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological developmentDevelopmental progressionFive-year-old childrenPsychological growthPsychological changesConsiderable individual variabilityImplicit assumptionObject relationsChildhood psychopathologyInternal worldCharacter structureIndividual fantasiesIndividual variabilityPredictable wayModel of developmentChildrenPsychopathologyForward developmentCentral questionAdulthoodPsychoanalysisClinical material