Affect correlate

Somatization ${\displaystyle \Downarrow }$ ${\displaystyle \Downarrow }$ Affect correlate Affect equivalent

The term affect correlate is a term from psychoanalysis and describes a defense process in which the psycho-social connection between fear and the physical symptoms triggered by it ( palpitations , muscle tension , vegetative-motor symptoms) can still be established. This means that the patient is aware of the conflicted feelings, and not just the physical sensations (reactions).

See also

• Psychophysical Correlation
• conversion

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thure von Uexküll, Rolf H. Adler, Jörg M. Herrmann: Psychosomatic Medicine. Models of medical thought and action , Elsevier, Munich, 6th edition, 2002, p. 30, ISBN 3-437-21830-1

literature

• Christian Reimer, Ulrich Rüger: Psychodynamische Psychotherapien: Textbook of depth psychologically founded psychotherapy procedures , Springer, 2006, ISBN 3-540-25384-X
• Fritzsche, Kurt; Wirsching, Michael: Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy , Springer 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-21877-7