The researchers demonstrated that it was differences in these liabilities to internalize and to
externalize that accounted for gender differences in prevalence rates of many mental disorders.
This article presents a clinical application for using puppets with children in narrative therapy to
externalize the problem.
Obviously on a roll, the ex-gov proceeded to
externalize his displeasure with the person nearest at hand who apparently symbolizes the dreaded Democrats (whose across-the-board sweep in D.C., by the way will likely put a crimp into the ex-gov's lucrative consulting career).
From alien abduction to possessions and spontaneous combustion, THE ORIGINS OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA explores the unconscious mind's ability to
externalize itself, processing real-world experiences and producing in turn often frightening manifestations.
Following a similar exposure, children who internalize behave differently from those who
externalize (Keane & Kaloupek, 1997; Keane, Taylor, & Penk, 1997).
The second example describes an interview study with Israeli Arab and Jewish educators, and the author's attempts to
externalize and examine her own feelings, values and opinions in order to achieve greater objectivity and stronger internal validity.
I found that through painting and writing I could
externalize what had always been an internal struggle.