A Variation on Freud's Theme in “A Child is Being Beaten”—Mother's Role
Some Implications for Superego Development in Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8336397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth F Lax (Psychology in Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical School., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 455-473 |
| Publication date | 1992-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1177/000306519204000207 |
| PMID | 1593080 |
| OpenAlex | W182686093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Clinical material is presented leading to a discussion of beating fantasies which varies from Freud's model. Analysis shows that the fantasied role girls assign to mother as the punisher in the oedipal drama is equivalent to the fantasied role boys ascribe to father as castrator. For both sexes, castration anxiety spurs the internalization of parental prohibitions, the repression of oedipal wishes, and the subsequent structuralization of the superego. Mother establishes the “oedipal law” for the girl analogously to father's doing the same for the boy. The role that such fantasies play in the formation of the female superego is examined
Art · Biology · Developmental psychology · Drama · Girl · Id, ego and super-ego · Internalization · Literature · Oedipus complex · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Theme (computing) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |