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CONCEPT OF THE DAY


Object relations refers to dynamic relationship between self ad significant others(mother,father etc)
Example- my mother is good because she feeds me when i m hungry

Object relations theory is centered on our internal relationships with others. According to this theory, our lifelong relationship skills are strongly rooted in our early attachments with our parents, especially our mothers. Objects refer to people or physical items that come to symbolically represent either a person or part of a person. Object relations, then, are our internalized relationships to those people.
Karl Abraham, Margaret Mahler, and Melanie Klein are among those credited with its origination and refinement.

object relations theory- variation from sigman freud belief that humans are motivated by sexual urges ,it suggest that human r primarliy motivated by the need for contact with others.

Usage- address deficit in interpersonal relation,individual identity,critique to sigman freud

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