Galenson E, Roiphe H
J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 1980;28(4):805-26. doi: 10.1177/000306518002800403.
We have presented an analysis of findings from a ten-year observational study of infants in their second year of life, with a focus on boys. Tracing the sexual development and its relation to development in the object relations and cognitive spheres, we found similarities between boys and girls and sharp differences as well. These latter become evident shortly after the discovery of the anatomical difference. We believe that the differences in reaction to this momentous event account for the greater trouble the girl has in the rapprochement crisis. Our direct observational studies of infants served to clarify many of the preoedipal dynamic currents which in turn affect the form of the oedipal constellation. We have established some sets of conditions which are likely to lead to a negative or positive form or oedipal attachment, and have described the typical and some of the atypical patterns of preoedipal development in both sexes.
我们对一组一岁至两岁的婴儿进行了为期十年的观察研究，并重点关注了男童的情况。通过追踪性发育及其与客体关系和认知领域发展的关系，我们发现了男童和女童之间的异同。这些差异在解剖学差异被发现后不久就变得明显起来。我们认为，对这一重大事件的反应差异，是女童在和解危机中面临更大困扰的原因。我们对婴儿的直接观察研究有助于澄清许多前俄狄浦斯期的动态过程，而这些过程反过来又会影响俄狄浦斯情结的形成。我们已经确定了一些可能导致负面或正面俄狄浦斯依恋形式的条件，并描述了两性前俄狄浦斯期发展的典型模式和一些非典型模式。
