Sadomasochistic personality

The sadomasochistic personality show a marked interest and involvement in sadomaochism and may be considered to suffer from a personality disorder if these interests interfere with their ability to manage their everyday lives to a sufficient degree.

Books

 * Bach, S. (1991). On sadomasochistic object relations. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
 * Brenner, C. (1991). The masochistic character: Genesis and treatment. Madison, CT: International Universities Press, Inc.
 * Gross, H. S. (1974). Depressive and sadomasochistic personalities. Oxford, England: Williams & Wilkins.
 * Joseph, B. (1988). Addiction to near-death. Florence, KY: Taylor & Frances/Routledge.
 * Sacksteder, J. L. (1989). Sadomasochistic relatedness to the body in anorexia nervosa. Madison, CT: International Universities Press, Inc.

Papers

 * Berg, T. (1987). Autonomy and loyalty: A family-dynamic study on the role of identification in the borderline disorder: Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening Vol 24(6) Jun 1987, 363-371.
 * Gerisch, B. (1996). "What is my life if you leave me." Suicidality and female sadomasochistic relationship structures: Forum der Psychoanalyse: Zeitschrift fur klinische Theorie & Praxis Vol 12(3) Sep 1996, 242-258.
 * Hill, A., Habermann, N., Berner, W., & Briken, P. (2006). Sexual Sadism and Sadistic Personality Disorder in Sexual Homicide: Journal of Personality Disorders Vol 20(6) Dec 2006, 671-684.
 * Kennedy, H. (1986). Trauma in childhood: Signs and sequelae as seen in the analysis of an adolescent: The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child Vol 41 1986, 209-219.
 * Klooster, G. T. (2003). 'Anyhow, nobody has dropped dead!' Looking back upon an exciting therapy or boxing match with a wrathful woman: Tijdschrift voor Psychotherapie Vol 29(4) Jul 2003, 301-308.
 * Kulcsar, S. I. (1976). De Sade and Eichmann: Mental Health & Society Vol 3(1-2) 1976, 102-113.
 * Novick, K. K., & Novick, J. (1998). An application of the concept of the therapeutic alliance to sadomasochistic pathology: Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association Vol 46(3) Sum 1998, 813-846.
 * Wurmser, L. (2003). The annihilating power of absoluteness: Superego analysis in the severe neuroses, especially in character perversion: Psychoanalytic Psychology Vol 20(2) Spr 2003, 214-235.