Re-visiting the latency: Clinical and theoretical reflections about the ways of the sexuality

Authors

  • Audrey Setton Lopes de Souza Universidade de São Paulo; Instituto de Psicologia; Departamento de Psicologia da Aprendizagem, do Desenvolvimento e da Personalidade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-656420130003

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to revisit the psychosexual development period that Freud called latency. We intend to demonstrate based on clinical and theoretical reflections that, far from being a stop-time characterized by the absence of sexuality, this is a key moment for the teenager and adult psychological organization, which requires a great psychic work and leads to great intellectual achievements, a reordering of the personality and an openness to the world. We also intend to point out how the difficulties on the experience of this stage of development appear in clinical manifestations.

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Published

2014-08-01

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Original Articles

How to Cite

Re-visiting the latency: Clinical and theoretical reflections about the ways of the sexuality . (2014). Psicologia USP, 25(2), 155-161. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-656420130003