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Peer reviewedWesterlund, Elaine – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1986
An historical review of the development and rejection of Freud's seduction theory. Freud's interpretation of seduction as real sexual acts gave way to his conclusion that his patients' reports derived from fantasy, though his view of the significance of childhood sexual trauma in the etiology of neurosis remained steady. Examines the relationship…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Family Environment, Family Relationship, Fantasy
Newcombe, Nora; Lerner, Jeffrey C. – 1979
John Bowlby's theory of attachment is examined in the cultural and historical context in which it was developed. Bowlby trained as a psychiatrist in England during the 1920's and published the WHO report in 1951. Thus the origins of his theory can be related to events set in motion by the First World War and occurring during the interwar period…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cultural Context, Death, Depression (Psychology)
