Anal expulsive
The term anal expulsive refers to a personality trait present in people fixated in the anal stage of psychosexual development.
In the psychology of Freud, the anal stage is said to follow the oral stage of infant/early-childhood development. This is a time when an infant's attention moves from oral stimulation to anal stimulation (usually the bowels but occasionally the bladder), usually synchronous with learning to control their excretory functions, a time of toilet training. For a child in this stage of development, control of bowel movements is the stage at which the child can express autonomy by withholding, refusing to comply, or soiling himself or herself.[1] Conflicts with parents regarding toilet training can produce a fixation in this stage, which can manifest itself in adulthood by a continuation of erotic pleasure in defecation.[2]
An anal expulsive personality is broadly defined as exhibiting cruelty, emotional outbursts, disorganization, self-confidence, (sometimes) artistic ability, generosity, rebelliousness and general carelessness.[2][3]
The anal stage is the second of five stages of psychosexual development.
References
- ↑ Magnavita, Jeffrey J. (2002). Theories of Personality: Contemporary Approaches to the Science of Personality. John Wiley and Sons. p. 90. ISBN 0471378909. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2E3aXMMHoFQC&pg=PA90&dq=Anal+expulsive&hl=en&ei=Q1XMTOfjDY3rOabm9bAB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Anal%20expulsive&f=false.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sharan, A.K. (2000). Encyclopaedia of Abnormal Psychology. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD.. p. 407. ISBN 8126104759. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yW0VGy9c_rIC&pg=PA407&dq=Anal+expulsive&hl=en&ei=Q1XMTOfjDY3rOabm9bAB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Anal%20expulsive&f=false.
- ↑ Kosslyn, S. (2004). 'Psychology: The brain, the person, the world. Rosenberg, R. (2nd ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson Education. ISBN 9780205376094.
