sodium-ethylxanthate and Anxiety--Separation

Leo Stone's "On the Principal Obscene Word of the English Language" (1954) embodies a particular moment in the history of psychoanalysis, one that stands in contrast to our current zeitgeist. In a review that is both admiring and critical, Stone's paper is compared with a recent book by an OED editor on the same topic (Sheidlower 2009). The latter totally neglects Stone, and psychoanalysis in general, and speculations are made regarding this neglect.

Topics: Adolescent; Aggression; Anger; Anxiety, Separation; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Oedipus Complex; Psychoanalytic Interpretation; Psychoanalytic Theory; Psycholinguistics; Rage; Semantics; Sex; Sucking Behavior; Unconscious, Psychology

Topics: Achievement; Adolescent; Anxiety, Separation; Child; Child Behavior Disorders; Child Development; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Education; Employment; Humans; Identification, Psychological; Israel; Juvenile Delinquency; Maternal Behavior; Maternal Deprivation; Mother-Child Relations; Personality Assessment; Research; Role; Sex; Sibling Relations; United States

Gender and ethnic differences in separation-individuation were assessed in a sample of 125 male and 175 female undergraduates (M age = 19.56, SD = 1.29) self-identified as White, African American, Hispanic, or Asian. Measures used included a demographic questionnaire and the Separation-Individuation Test of Adolescence (SITA; J. B. Levine, C. J. Green, & T. Millon, 1986; J. B. Levine & S. Saintogne, 1993). Except for results showing a greater tendency among the men to shun dependent ties and a superior capacity for forming close peer attachments among the women, separation-individuation development tended to be indistinguishable between the genders. Additional findings suggest that (a) Hispanics, Asians, and African Americans are more concerned with engulfment fears and needs for nurturance than Whites are; (b) Asians are more apt to shun dependent ties than Whites are; and (c) compared with Whites, African Americans anticipate rejection more and are less adept at forming close attachments with teachers.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anxiety, Separation; Culture; Ethnicity; Female; Humans; Individuation; Male; Parent-Child Relations; Rejection, Psychology; Sex; Sex Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anxiety, Separation; Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic; Defense Mechanisms; Female; Generalization, Psychological; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Sex

Topics: Adult; Anxiety, Separation; Arousal; Child Rearing; Defense Mechanisms; Father-Child Relations; Gender Identity; Homosexuality; Humans; Jealousy; Male; Middle Aged; Mother-Child Relations; Psychoanalytic Theory; Psychotherapy; Sex; Sex Education; Social Change; Transsexualism; Transvestism

Topics: Analysis of Variance; Anxiety, Separation; Death; Fantasy; Female; Humans; Male; Punishment; Schizophrenic Psychology; Sex; Sex Factors; Thematic Apperception Test