noun
object relations theory
A psychoanalytic theory focusing on relationships with others (objects) and their internal representations. Technical term used in psychology and psychoanalysis.
対象関係論は、フロイト以降の精神分析で重要な位置を占める。
Object relations theory occupies an important place in post-Freudian psychoanalysis.
彼女は大学院で対象関係論を専攻している。
She is specializing in object relations theory in graduate school.
Compound of 対象 (object), 関係 (relations), and 論 (theory). A direct translation of the English term 'object relations theory'.