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Oedipal Complex

The Oedipal Complex is a psychoanalytic construct positing a child’s unconscious desire for the exclusive love of the parent of the opposite sex, accompanied by feelings of rivalry and hostility toward the parent of the same sex, forming a central mechanism in the development of the psyche according to Freudian theory.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Oedipus Complex

Parents

Publications

178

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Authors

188

  1. JC
    Janine Chasseguet‐Smirgel

    Université Paris Cité, France

    6 publications · 170 citations

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  2. DH
    Deanna Holtzman

    Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, United States

    3 publications · 94 citations

    3

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  3. HP
    Harold P. Blum

    New York University, United States

    3 publications · 55 citations

    3

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  4. NK
    Nancy Kulish

    Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, United States

    3 publications · 94 citations

    3

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  5. JM
    Jody Messler Davies

    New York University, United States

    2 publications · 124 citations

    2

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Institutions

71

  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    184 citations

  2. New York University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    143 citations

  3. The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    51 citations

  4. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    102 citations

  5. Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    90 citations

  6. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  7. Whitney Museum of American Art

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    71 citations

  8. UCLouvain

    Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 26 publications · 841 citations

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  2. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

    JAPA · 16 publications · 669 citations

    13

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  3. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly

    16 publications · 342 citations

    12

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  4. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

    12 publications · 278 citations

    11

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  5. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child

    8 publications · 361 citations

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