A idealização e a atuação na internet

• Ano de defesa: 2008
• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Mariangela Carvalho Canellas
• Orientador(a): Mezan, Renato
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Psicologia: Psicologia Clínica
• Departamento: Psicologia
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Bate-papo; Idealização; Internet; Grupos de bate-papo pela internet; Transferencia (Psicologia); Usuarios da internet > Aspectos psicologicos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Chat; Idealization; Transference
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/15759

Amongst its many advantages, the Internet enables a new way for individuals to find romantic relationships. As advantageous and practical as this process is, there is a great incidence of disappointment amongst some people, and also of unrestrained conduct on the Internet. My interest in studying these aspects stemmed from the fact that many people are disappointed by relationships that begin virtually because they idealize the other person in the relationship. Furthermore, some Internet users seem not to distinguish fact from fantasy, as they behave without perceiving the possible risks they are exposed to. Hence, the hypothesis of this study was to reflect on the possibilities offered by the Internet that enable idealization and acting out, in some cases. Through examples of relationships that put these facts into context, I have identified that the Internet favors the emergence of transference, as anonymity suspends alterity and allows the individual to say whatever they want in an artificial atmosphere similar to that in the analytical setting. In the process of investigation I discovered that many people, through their incapacity for symbolic contention, show their drive to be manifested in reality, operating indiscriminately with the contribution of the virtual other who offers themselves to be experienced as an object of the transference. Likewise, as in the virtual space there is an overlaying of real and virtual, borderline individuals, in not discriminating between fact and fantasy, shall move about these two spaces without conflict, illustrating that for them there is no difference between what they experience online and offline. Therefore, the Internet, in being virtual, blends with this form of subjectivity and can be experienced in conciliation with each person's emotional experience. The virtual has a seductive nature in presenting an infinite range of possibilities, so favoring both idealization of partners and acting out