"Too late": Ambivalence about motherhood, choice, and time

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1181-1198

  Chodorow, Nancy J ^a,b,c,d  

^a Faculty at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and Faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California   (United States)

^b Providence Family Practice Residency   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AMBIVALENCE; CHILDHOOD; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; FANTASY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; TIME;

EID: 1542476724     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00030651030510040701     Document Type: Review

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