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The International Dictionary of Psychology defines "father figure" as "A man to whom a person looks up and whom he treats like a father." [4] The APA Concise Dictionary of Psychology offers a more extensive definition: "a substitute for a person's biological father, who performs typical paternal functions and serves as an object of identification and attachment.
The father complex also stood at the conceptual core of Totem and Taboo (1912-3). Even after the break with Jung, when "complex" became a term to be handled with care among Freudians, the father complex remained important in Freud's theorizing in the twenties; [7] —for example, it appeared prominently in The Future of an Illusion (1927). [8]
Presumed father – Where a presumption of paternity has determined that a man is a child's father regardless of if he actually is or is not the biological father Social father – where a man takes de facto responsibility for a child, such as caring for one who has been abandoned or orphaned (the child is known as a "child of the family" in ...
If your earthly father gives good gifts, how much more your Father in Heaven…Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father” (Psalm 68:5-6; Luke 11:13; James 1:17).
Angel's father, Michael Reese, played basketball at Boston College and Loyola University. ... she's going to have a good time there," Angel tells WH. ... Shaquille O’Neal is a “father figure ...
"A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society." Design: Rebekah Lowin. Ed Skrein
The Reverend Father or Father. ... a Hindu divine figure, ... 'Shlit"a' is an acronym for "Sheyikhye Lirot Yamim Tovim Arukim/Amen," "May he live a good long life" or ...
A strong family bond. Michelle Williams‘ 17-year-old daughter Matilda has found a “wonderful father figure” in stepfather Thomas Kail, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.