The shaping of masculinity: Revisioning boys turning away from their mothers to construct male gender identity

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 359-379

  Diamond, Michael J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment individuation; Boy mother relationship; Disidentification; Identification; Internalization; Male gender identity; Masculinity; Phallic and genital ego ideals; Phallic narcissism; Pre oedipal gender identifications; Reflective functioning; Separation individuation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FATHER CHILD RELATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OEDIPUS COMPLEX; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHASE TRANSITION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 1242339972     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/002075704773889797     Document Type: Article

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