Showing papers by "Bridgewater State University published in 1964"
TL;DR: Running away and its associated behavior is one of the few ways in which an adolescent girl may act out of the unresolved Oedipal conflict through running away and represents an attempted solution in a treatment-oriented Court Clinic.
Abstract: Running away and its associated behavior is one of the few ways in which an adolescent girl may act out. In a treatment-oriented Court Clinic, a study was made of runaway girls from an essentially middle-class area. The suggested dynamics revolved around family interaction, in which there was a threatened unconscious incestuous relationship with the father incited by the mother. Subsequent acting out of the unresolved Oedipal conflict through running away represents an attempted solution.
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