In the object relations theory, among the independent group'the most common repudiation was the loathsome notion of the death instinct '.
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Most closely associated with the British psychoanalysts Donald Winnicott and Melanie Klein, object relations theory centers on infants'early attachment to their mothers.
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Jay Greenberg and called " Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory " is considered to be the first major work of relational psychoanalysis.
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The defense against these contradictory internalized object relations is called identity diffusion, and leads to disturbed relationships with others and with self.
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As one of the originators of Object Relations theory, Klein sees emotions as always related to other people or objects of emotions.
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He emphasised the appearance of'a sense of wholeness both in the self and in object relations as the depressive position is approached '.
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In describing the withdrawal of cathexes which accompanied the mourning process, Freud provided his major contribution to the foundation of object relations theory.
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Identity diffusion results from pathological object relations and involves contradictory character traits, discontinuity of self and either very idealized or devalued object relations.
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Ongoing developments in object relations theory and the rise of self psychology would however lead to a revival of interest in the idea.
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Identity diffusion results from pathological object relations and involves contradictory character traits, discontinuity of self and either very idealized or devalued object relations.
