The development of aggression in early childhood
By: Henri Parens
Edition: Rev. ed
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780765705105
Subjects: Aggressiveness; Aggressiveness in infants; Child analysis
Description: This revised edition of The Development of Aggression in Early Childhood presents anew the author's _multi-trends theory of aggression, _ with the addition of a two-part preface that provides an overview of the multitudinous theories of aggression in psychoanalytic thought and a discussion of the clinical applications-with clinical case examples-of his theory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-392) and index
Table of contents: title: The continuum of aggression; title: The present state of psychoanalytic theory of aggression; title: Aggression : a reformulation; title: The emergence of aggression; title: The normal autistic phase (birth to 6 or 12 weeks); title: First part of the normal symbiosis (6 or 12 weeks to about 5 months); title: Second part of the normal symbiosis and the differentiation sub- phase (5 or 6 to 10 months); title: The practicing subphase of separation-individuation (8 or 9 to about 16 months); title: The rappochement subphase (about 16 to 24 months); title: Earliest manifestations of the aggressive drive; title: Earliest influence of libidinal object structuring on the aggressive drive; title: Biological upsurge of the aggressive drive; title: The ego's reactions to the first conflict of ambivalence; title: Beginnings of neutralization of aggression; title: Aggression during the rappochement subphase; title: Aggression during the subphase toward-object-constancy and upon entry into the oedipus complex; title: Implications for primary prevention