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In Kobut's self psychology, the archaic selfobject to which the child, as is
appropriate for his or her phase of development, needs to look up, admire, and
feel attached. When development is successful, it becomes transformed into
internalized values and ideals that are soothing, drive-channeling structures
that maintain and restore internal balance. The idealized parental imago
is one pole of the bipolar self; the other pole is the grandiose self.
Source: Edgerton, Jane E. 1994. American Psychiatric Glossary, 7th Edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press
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