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ABANDONMENT COMPLEX [1 record]

Record 1 1996-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

Psychological term to designate the mentality and the psycho-affective state of a person who, feeling very insecure, is haunted by the fear of being abandoned.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Terme employé [...] pour désigner la mentalité et l'état psychoaffectif d'une personne qui, nourrissant un vif sentiment d'insécurité, vit dans la hantise d'être abandonnée.

Spanish

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