On motherhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6129557 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marita Torsti (a Maria Jotunintie 10 J., 00400 , Helsinki , Finland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-76 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0106-2301 • E-ISSN: 1600-0803 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01062301.1998.10592663 |
| OpenAlex | W4253611925 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This article deals with motherhood as a function of the innerspace, as a representation of the integrated feminine inner-genitality, and with disturbances in motherhood as a suffocation of that genitality. The development of feminine ego ideals, from the girl's illusory loving triadic relationships shared with the mother and father, and the primary significance of these ideals in regulating the maternal functions is explored. The young girl tends to react to traumas in the maternal relationship by stifling her own early genitality. This is followed by a blocking off and a sealing up of the innerspace by pregenital drive impulses. Such disturbances to motherhood as oral, anal and urethral decathexes and the phallic idealization of motherhood can be explained in terms of the developmental disturbances described above
Developmental psychology · Girl · Id, ego and super-ego · Idealization · Phallic stage · Psychoanalysis · Representation (politics) · Unconscious mind · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |