latency period

... The phallic stage (phase) is the time when the Oedipus complex, which Freud emphasized, is formed (3-6 years old). The proposal of the Oedipus complex, which states that a psychological conflict involving love and hate is constantly observed in the three-way relationship between parent and child, can be said to show the beginnings of the interpersonal theory and object relations theory, which are popular today, along with the theory of superego formation. The latency period that occurs after the age of 5 places a period of rest between the manifestation of infantile sexual desire and the manifestation of genital sexual desire (biphasic sexual development). The genital stage corresponds to the so-called adolescence, but even in adulthood, traces of the pre-genital stages such as the oral and anal stages are not completely eliminated. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　ところで男根期phallic stage(phase)は，フロイトが強調したエディプス･コンプレクスを形成する時期(3～6歳)だが，親子の三者関係の中に愛憎を伴う心的抗争が恒常的にみられるというエディプス･コンプレクスの提唱は，超自我形成論と並んで，今日隆盛な対人関係論，対象関係論object relations theoryの萌芽を示したものといえる。5歳以降に生じる潜伏期latency periodによって幼児性欲の発現と性器性欲の発現との間に休止期が置かれる(性愛発達の二相性)。性器期は，いわゆる思春期に照応するが，成人になっても，口唇期，肛門期といった前性器的な段階の痕跡が皆無になるわけではない。…

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