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Siblings in development : a psychoanalytic view

By LEWIN , Vivienne; Sharp , Belinda

Book information

Publisher
KARNAC
Year
2009
ISBN
9781780493565, 1780493568, 9781849408516, 1849408513
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
536 kB (548558 bytes)
Pages
184\203
Time added
2015-05-17 14:23:46
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Description

Siblings play an integral and essential part in our psychic development. Traditionally in psychoanalytic thinking, sibling relationships are regarded as secondary in developmental importance to the relationships with the parents. The authors in this book challenge this view and explore the impact of sibling relationships on internal psychic structures, family and social relationships. They suggest that siblings play a primary part in psychic development, even for an only child, and that infants are born with an expectation of siblings, an innate pre-conception similar to those relating to the.  Read more...

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