Editing Psychoanalytic theory (section)

==Criticisms==

Some claim that the theory is lacking in empirical data and too focused on [[pathology]].<ref>Mahmood, Omar M., and Sawssan R. Ahmed. Psychological Testing and Assessment. New York, NY, US: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, New York, NY, 2012. PsycINFO. Web.</ref> Other criticisms are that the theory lacks consideration of culture and its influence on personality.<ref>Hoggard, Lori S., Christy M. Byrd, and Robert M. Sellers. "Comparison of African American College Students' Coping with Racially and Nonracially Stressful Events." Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 18.4 (2012): 329–39. PsycINFO. Web.</ref><ref>Giamo, Lisa S., Michael T. Schmitt, and H. R. Outten. "Perceived Discrimination, Group Identification, and Life Satisfaction among Multiracial People: A Test of the Rejection-Identification Model." Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 18.4 (2012): 319–28. PsycINFO. Web.</ref>

Psychoanalytic theory comes from Freud and is focused on childhood. This might be an issue since most believe studying children can be inconclusive. One major concern lies in if observed personality will be a lifelong occurrence or if the child will shed it later in life.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Behrendt|first=Ralf-Peter|date=2018-04-17|title=The Evolved Structure of Human Social Behaviour and Personality|doi=10.4324/9780429481703|isbn=9780429481703}}</ref>