Estudio de caso único: Una pareja casada de Millennials y su elección de objeto

Abstract

The aim of the research was to understand object choice in millennial adults based on their relationship with their primary object. To this end, a particular case study was developed with a married couple from the city of Villavicencio, using a qualitative methodology, which allowed in-depth interviews to be conducted with the participants to explore their early experiences, commitment, and choice of partner. This study was based on Melanie Klein's (1935) psychoanalytic theory of “object relations” as the main category and followed her postulates on the schizoparanoid position, the depressive position, and narcissism to understand the early organization of relationships, integrating Freudian contributions on the Oedipus complex and the Propping.

Finally, the results obtained from the participants identified that the choice of object for both subjects is punctually related to the emotional experiences they had with their parental figures, described as ambivalent or absent, as childhood conflicts are repeated; however, the bond also functions as a potentially reparative space. From the Kleinian perspective (1935), the dynamics oscillated between splitting, projection, and idealization, along with the possibility of integration, guilt, and repair. Similarly, religion emerged in both cases as an idealized object that provided emotional support.