Both Emotional Autonomy and Identity Are Linked with Intimacy in Adolescence

question 14

True/False

Both emotional autonomy and identity are linked with intimacy in adolescence.

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Definitions:

Defence Mechanisms

Psychological strategies employed unconsciously to protect a person from anxiety-arising thoughts or feelings.

Libidinal Desires

Refers to the psychic drive or energy associated with sexual instinct and desires in psychoanalytic theory.

Ego Employed

The utilization of one's self-importance, self-esteem, or identity in navigating or influencing social or psychological scenarios.

Freud

Refers to Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.