This study focuses on the emergence of aggression in the first three years of life. The book discusses the influences on aggression and what is (and is not), a healthy expression of it. The author suggests preventive measures to modify hostility in children and therefore in society's future adult.
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Review:
[This book] will undoubtedly be turned to repeatedly for its careful formulations and its explications of the interdigitations of the evolving drives, narcissism, ego functions, and libidinal object relations in early childhood.--Psychoanalytic Quarterly
Parens's scholarship is truly impressive.--Contemporary Psychology
About the Author:
Henri Parens, MD, FACPsa. is professor of psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, and a training and supervising analyst (adult and child) at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He is the author of about 200 scientific and lay publications and multi-media programs, including 16 books, 6 scientific films, and one television series for CBS. He is the recipient of more than 17 Honors and Awards.
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