intropunitive
- adjective
- Specialized
- His intropunitive tendency made him criticize himself harshly for minor errors while ignoring the support of his teammates.
- intropunitive responses
Examples
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In the present study, we examine specific reactions to guilt-producing situations, such as intropunitive responses and rationalizations, that may be involved in the dysregulation or effective management of guilt.
Academic text (1996) -
We examined reactions to the events, including guilt feelings and perceived effectiveness in alleviating these feelings, intropunitive responses, action tendencies, and rationalizations.
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There were no differences across domains in intropunitive responses.
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Three items tapped intropunitive responses.
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The alternatives used to tap the remaining intropunitive responses were as follows: PREFORMATTED TABLE
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Intropunitive responses involving turning inward and against the self are concomitants of guilt.
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In the case of adult persecution, however, there is the final step: 4) the victim resorts to directing his anger (acquired through identification as intropunitive) toward other victims.
Academic text (1998) -
Indeed, whether the aggression is "acted out" (toward the aggressor) or intropunitive (in depression), each of these options involves a cathexis that is extraneous to the nature of the drive.
Academic text (1998) -
After making a mistake at work, she felt an intropunitive sense of guilt that caused her to blame herself instead of seeking external feedback.
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In therapy, he learned to address his intropunitive reactions and stop blaming himself for situations beyond his control.
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word intropunitive comes from intro- meaning 'inward', as in introvert, and punitive meaning 'to punish'. So it describes a habit of turning blame or punishment on yourself instead of on others.