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- ↑ Richard Sterba, The First Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (2013) p. 27
- ↑ E. Auchinloss, Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts (2012) p. 140
- ↑ S. Flanders, Reading French Psychoanalysis (2014) p. 570
- ↑ Michael Balint, Primary Love and Psychoanalytic Technique (2013)
- ↑ N. Symington, Narcissism (1993) p. 55