Script analysis
Script analysis is a term from psychotherapy in which, in transaction analysis (TA) according to Eric Berne (1910–1970), all important life events are traced back to a programmed attitude towards life (life plan / script ) by the environment in the first years of life.
script
A script in the sense of transactional analysis is a script, a life plan or an unconscious program by which an individual lives. A person's preferred transactions and psychological games are expressions of their scripts. These contain personal attitudes, benchmarks and statements about self-esteem. They determine the person's possibilities to develop and to cope with conflicts. By analyzing the scripts, these can be made aware and, under certain circumstances, changed.
The components of the script include both overt and subtle indoctrinations by the parents. Striking transactions (messages) are “not growing up” or “be a failure” . The instructions are given through demonstration, direct or non-verbal guidance, or through rules of life. "Favorite feelings" arise. Sadness can become a “favorite feeling” if the child is always “caressed” when it is sad.
Five attitudes towards life
Typical, recurring transaction patterns ( role plays ) are manifestations of a life plan (script) that was shaped in childhood and that develops through the hunger for affection depending on the family caressing pattern. Berne categorizes four attitudes towards life that can develop on this basis, the fifth Fanita English :
| I'm okay - you're okay (pre- / postnatal): |
Basic trust. |
| I'm not okay - you are okay (1st year of life): |
The child feels helpless. If this attitude is maintained, there will be a lack of self-esteem. |
| I'm not okay - you are not okay (age 2): |
After a phase of intensive care, the child is confronted with penalties or prohibitions. If this state is maintained, the development of the adult ego will be disturbed here. The consequences are dullness and discouragement. |
| I am okay - you are not okay (possible from the age of 2): |
Only occurs with persistent deprivation and abuse. The result is a "self-petting"; arrogant, complacent attitudes, difficulties in accepting social norms. |
| I'm okay - you're okay (realistic): |
Apply and accept. |
According to Harris, on page 69, “the first three views on life” (I'm not okay - you're okay , I'm not okay - you're not okay, and I'm okay - you're not okay ) “... are based on feelings. The fourth "(I am okay - you are okay )" is based on thinking, believing and commitment "
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- ↑ Thomas A. Harris: I'm OK, You're OK: An Introduction to Transactional Analysis; how we can understand ourselves better and change our attitudes towards others . Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-499-61432-4 .
literature
- Elizabeth W. Jorgensen: Eric Berne, master gamesman: a transactional biography. Grove, New York 1984, ISBN 0-394-53846-3 .
- Thomas A. Harris: I'm OK, You're OK: An Introduction to Transactional Analysis; how we can understand ourselves better and change our attitudes towards others . Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-499-61432-4 .
- Ian Stewart, Vann Joines: Transactional Analysis - An Introduction. Herder Verlag, Freiburg 1990, ISBN 3-451-21808-9 .