Fixation (psychology)

In psychology a fixation is the presence of certain sexual traits.[1][2] Sigmund Freud used the term in 1905. In German, the word is Fixierung. In this context, a sexual trait is something that causes sexual attraction. Freud developed a theory of child sexuality. He thought that there were different phases in the sexual development of children. According to his theory, a traumatic experience may cause a person to stay trapped in a given phase.

Today, the term is used for object relationships with attachments to people or things in general persisting from childhood into adult life.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nagera, Humberto, ed. (2014) [1970]. "Fixation (pp. 113ff.)". Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts on Metapsychology, Conflicts, Anxiety and Other Subjects. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-67042-1.
  2. 1 2 Akhtar, Salman (2009-08-31). Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. London: Karnac Books. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-78049-303-9.
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