Object relations theory

Psychological ethological theory about human relationships

psychological process whereby the subject assimilates an aspect, property, or attribute of the other and is transformed, wholly or partially, by the model the other provides

inability to maintain sexual arousal within a committed, loving relationship

theory in psychoanalytic psychology

item used to provide psychological comfort

failure in thought to bring together both positive qualities and negative aspects of people into a cohesive whole

school of psychoanalysis

Definitional elaboration

psychosociology concept