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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, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
*
joseph.boden@chmeds.ac.nz
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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.

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