object relations theory
A psychoanalytic theory focusing on relationships with others (objects) and their internal representations. Technical term used in psychology and psychoanalysis.
Object relations theory occupies an important place in post-Freudian psychoanalysis.
She is specializing in object relations theory in graduate school.
精神分析 is the broader field of psychoanalysis, while 対象関係論 is a specific theory within it.
対象関係 refers to object relations themselves, whereas 対象関係論 is the theory about them.
Compound of 対象 (object), 関係 (relations), and 論 (theory). A direct translation of the English term 'object relations theory'.