Direct repression subdues outward emotional expression but is incomplete as a means of control and may damage the child¶

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q1 i? Direct repression, such as repeatedly telling a child 'Don't', may suppress outward expression while the emotional stress continues, and may result in actual damage. → Henry 1916

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Henry 1916¶

Henry, T. S. (1916). The Education and Control of the Emotions. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/journals/edu/

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Theoretical argument about the commonest adult device for training emotional reactions, direct repression. The article notes many parents say 'Don't' to almost everything, and argues repression may damage because the emotional stress 'goes on under the surface' without natural outlet.

"This sort of repression may be effectual in subduing at least a part of the outward expression of the emotional state, but as a means of control it is incomplete, because it does not go back to the source or beginning of the emotion"

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