Encopresis and Anal Masturbation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8333432 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roy N Aruffo (Baylor College of Medicine, corresponding author), Segundo Ibarra (Baylor College of Medicine), Karen R Strupp (Baylor College of Medicine) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1327-1354 |
| Publication date | 2000-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00030651000480040201 |
| PMID | 11212192 |
| OpenAlex | W2031239042 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
Current pediatric and psychiatric studies on encopresis and its treatment are heavily influenced by mechanical, physiological, and behavioral considerations. Although psychodynamic treatment has generally been considered to be of little benefit, and its findings suspect, the authors suggest that a psychodynamic approach adds substantially to the understanding of some cases of encopresis; that the anal sensations and anal erotic feelings reported by a number of encopretic children are intense, and that the encopretic symptom, soiling, in these children is the result of a conscious form of anal masturbation in which the fecal mass is used for stimulation; and that any study of encopresis is incomplete that does not include what encopretic children, engaged in a sound therapeutic relationship, know and say about their soiling. The authors further suggest that physical treatments of those children whose encopresis is psychologically driven may be contraindicated. The presence of a large stool does not in itself substantiate a physical illness. Further research is needed to elucidate the prevalence of anal masturbation in encopretic children
Encopresis · Fecal incontinence · Feeling · Psychiatry · Psychodynamics · Psychotherapist · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Clinical Psychology · Infant Health and Development · Medicine · Pelvic floor disorders treatments · Psychology · Social Psychology · Surgery
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |