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PubMed2002

Castration anxiety and phobias.

Based on Freud's case study of "Little Hans," the authors tested the hypothesis that men with phobias would score higher on castration anxiety than men without phobias. College men with either average or high scores on the Fears Scale of the MMPI-2 (n = 10 men in each group) responded to the Thematic Apperception Test, which was scored for castration anxiety. Men with high scores on the Fears Scale had higher scores on castration anxiety than men with average scores on the Fears Scale. The findings are consistent with Freud's hypothesis about phobias.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

TAT measures of gender identity (castration anxiety) in father-absent males.

DAT stories of 28 father-absent (FA) and 103 father-present (FP) college males were coded for castration anxiety. Relying on Stoller's (1974) use of castration anxiety (CA) as an index of core male gender identity, it was predicted that FA males would have less secure gender identity and higher CA than FP males. The FP subjects were grouped into three subgroups according to ratings of the quality of father-son interaction (positive, neutral and negative). Social class, age, SAT scores and story-length did not discriminate between FAs and FPs. FAs were significantly higher in CA, but there were no significant differences between the three FP subgroups. Age at father-loss did not affect CA, although father-absence through death rather than divorce, separation or desertion was associated with higher CA. Presence of a stepfather, other significant older male, sibling sex or birth-order did not affect CA level of FAs.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Castration anxiety and pregenital development: a hypothesis on the protophallus.

This paper discusses some aspects of the mental position of the penis and their relevance to castration anxiety. We know that the genital occupies an uncertain position in the representation of the body, due to the fact that the penis escapes the synthetic functions of the ego. Since we assume that this is caused partly by the processes occurring when a child learns to stand and walk, it is possible to establish a link between the phallus of the phallic phase and the imaginary phallus of the pregenital period at the time when an upright body posture is adopted. I postulate that, at the time when a child learns to stand and walk, a protophallus is created in the form of an auxiliary leg, which performs a complex function and, as a mental fetish, forms the basis of the imaginary phallus. A bodily precursor of castration anxiety can be seen in the process described. This protophallus, the imaginary phallus and the phallus of the phallic phase are later all absorbed into the psychical representation of the penis and determine the mental image in the long term. In a discussion of the foundation of this proposition in psychoanalytic theory, I point to the heuristic value of this concept for a number of fields of knowledge and fields of application.

Anxiety, Castration↗
PubMed1996

Castration anxiety or feminine genital anxiety?

Adherence to terminology that no longer reflects current theories of female development is explored and challenged. In particular, the concepts of castration anxiety and phallic phase are examined and an argument is made for the general usage of the terms, feminine genital anxiety and infantile genital phase. Relevant literature is reviewed and a case is presented to illustrate the concepts. Speculations are offered as to why we persist in keeping woman a "dark continent."

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