Fixation (psychology)

Fixation (German: Fixierung)[1] is a concept (in human psychology) that was originated by Sigmund Freud (1905) to denote the persistence of anachronistic sexual traits.[2][3] The term subsequently came to denote object relationships with attachments to people or things in general persisting from childhood into adult life.[3]

  1. ^ Laplanche, Jean; Pontalis, Jean-Bertrand (1988) [1973]. "Fixation (pp. 162-5)". The Language of Psycho-analysis (reprint, revised ed.). London: Karnac Books. ISBN 978-0-946-43949-2.
  2. ^ Nagera, Humberto, ed. (2014) [1970]. "Fixation (pp. 113ff.)". Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts on Metapsychology, Conflicts, Anxiety and Other Subjects. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-67042-1.
  3. ^ a b Akhtar, Salman (2009-08-31). Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. London: Karnac Books. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-78049-303-9.

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