Oedipus complex

Introduction: Oedipus complex

Description of Oedipus complex

Oedipus complex: a developmentally distinct group of associated ideas, aims, instinctual drives, and fears generally observed in boys 3-6 years old: coinciding with the peak of the phallic phase of psychosexual development, the child's sexual interest is attached primarily to the parent of the opposite gender and is accompanied by aggressive feelings toward the parent of the same gender; in psychoanalytic theory, it is replaced by the castration complex. [Oedipus, G. myth. char.]
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Oedipus complex: Attachment of the child to the parent of the opposite sex, accompanied by envious and aggressive feelings toward the parent of the same sex.
Source: MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Oedipus complex

The following list attempts to classify Oedipus complex into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Psychological Phenomena and Processes
  • Psychological Theory
    • Psychoanalytic Theory
      • Oedipus Complex

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