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Motive and consequence in repression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Joseph M. Boden
Joseph M. Boden*
Affiliation:
Christchurch Health and Development Study, Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch8011, New Zealand
*
joseph.boden@chmeds.ac.nz
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Abstract:

Erdelyi's unified theory of repression offers a significant advance in understanding the disparate findings related to repression. However, the theory de-emphasizes the role of motive in repression, and it is argued here that motive is critical to the understanding of repression as it occurs in the mental life of individuals.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 514 - 515
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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