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- In psychoanalytic theory, the arrest of psychosexual development at a
particular stage through too much or too little gratification at that stage.
- The arrest of psychosocial development; may be considered pathological,
depending on the degree of intensity.
Source: Edgerton, Jane E. 1994. American Psychiatric Glossary, 7th Edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press
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