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. 1981 Jul;50(3):363-92.

On the psychoanalytic theory of instinctual drives. IV: Instinctual drives and the ego-id-superego model

A Compton
  • PMID: 7267867

On the psychoanalytic theory of instinctual drives. IV: Instinctual drives and the ego-id-superego model

A Compton. Psychoanal Q. 1981 Jul.

Abstract

Freud's work on instinctual drives from 1916 to 1939 is reviewed and related to his earlier drive and structure propositions. A summary of the series of four papers on the evolution of Freud's drive theory is presented.

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