cathexis
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In psychoanalysis, cathexis (or emotional investment) is defined as the process of allocation of mental or emotional energy to a person, object, or idea.
Research
316 papers- Body Cathexis among Stroke Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of neurosciences in rural practice · 2021
- Cathexis revisited. Corticolimbic resonance and the adaptive control of memory.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1998
- Body-cathexis and self-esteem.Perceptual and motor skills · 1988
- Body-cathexis and personality.British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) · 1955
- The role of the object in drive cathexis and psychosexual development.The Journal of psychology · 1992
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In psychoanalysis, cathexis (or emotional investment) is defined as the process of allocation of mental or emotional energy to a person, object, or idea.
==Origin of term== The Greek term cathexis (κάθεξις) was chosen by James Strachey to render the German term Besetzung in his translation of Sigmund Freud's complete works. Freud himself used the word "interest" in English in an early letter to Ernest Jones.
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