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Freud: objects and structure.

A Compton

    Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
    |January 1, 1986
    PubMed
    Summary

    This study examines Sigmund Freud's evolving concepts of objects and psychic structure between 1915 and 1938. It highlights the growing importance of object relations in psychic development, particularly after 1917, and Freud's structural model.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Psychoanalytic Theory
    • Developmental Psychology

    Background:

    • This paper analyzes Sigmund Freud's object concept development from 1915 to 1938.
    • It focuses on the interplay between object relations and psychic structure formation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To trace the evolution of Freud's ideas on objects and psychic structure.
    • To understand the significance of object loss and identification in psychoanalytic theory.

    Main Methods:

    • Historical analysis of psychoanalytic literature.
    • Examination of Freud's writings from 1915 to 1938.
    • Focus on the development of the ego-id-superego model.

    Main Results:

    • The role of objects in psychic structure building through identification gained prominence from 1917.
    • Freud linked object choice to the oedipal period after introducing the structural model.
    • The phallic-oedipal phase was integrated into developmental sequencing.

    Conclusions:

    • Identification remained central to psychic structure formation.
    • No fundamentally new object concepts were introduced by Freud in this period.
    • Freud's structural model refined the understanding of early object relations.

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