Boys' Envy of Mother and the Consequences of This Narcissistic Mortification

Psychoanalytic Study of the Child

Volumn 52, Issue , 1997, Pages 118-139

  Lax, Ruth F ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYTICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEALOUSY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEALOUSY; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0031308096     PISSN: 00797308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00797308.1997.11822457     Document Type: Article

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