Trauma in Early Infancy and Later Personality Development

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Abstract
The psychodynamic patterns of personality of children born with congenital obstructions in the alimentary tract were compared with those of normal children in later childhood. The congenital anomalies had required surgery within the first 4 months of life. The psychodynamic patterns were elicited by 4 projective techniques. Information regarding the mothers'' emotional stability and attitudes was gathered by means of 3 paper-and-pencil inventories. The results suggested that there is no unilateral relationship between trauma in early infancy and signs of emotional disturbance in later childhood.

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