In summary, it is clear that we can interpret the Oedipus complex as a shared psychosocial family pattern in which dyadic primary-dependency relationships are fixed. The characteristic symptoms in the adults are a symbiotic marital relationship, a negative solution of the crisis of parenthood, and resistance to the parental role, with consequent parental rejection of the child. In the child, we find the Oedipal pattern of maternal-fixation, paternal and social alienation, and lack of personal identity.

The pathogenic root, from this point of view, is in the marital relationship of the parents and the consequent structure of the family configuration, which produce predictable personality constellations