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Explaining the Oedipus conflict
Author(s) -
Fischer Kurt W.,
Watson Malcolm W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219811209
Subject(s) - psychology , conflict resolution , developmental psychology , strange situation , oedipus complex , social psychology , sociology , psychoanalytic theory , psychoanalysis , social science , attachment theory
The emergence and resolution of the Oedipus conflict are based in the preschool child's developing understanding of social roles in the nuclear family.