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Regression and the Child Within.
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Running Head: REGRESSION AND THE CHILD WITHIN Regression and the Child Within Sophie E. Roberts University of Bristol Abstract The psychological defense mechanism of regression was investigated. A defense mechanism is an unconscious psychological process that provides relief from intra-psychic conflict and anxiety. Regression defends an individual from assuming adult responsibility of her life by allowing her to regress to a more infantile state of mind and relating to the world as would a child. Reasons for the operation of regression in subjects and an exploration of its operation were delineated using current psychological theory. Also explored were the effects of regression on her family and friends. Regression and the Child Within Sigmund Freud, physiologist, medical doctor, psychologist and father of psychoanalysis, distinguished three structural elements within the mind-- the id, the super-ego, and the ego -- as mentioned in his book, "The Ego and the Id". The id is the pleasure-seeking site of instinctual...
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