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As heteroerotic relationships develop, tensions and symptoms decrease. In the later phases of adolescent maturation, ego activity is directed to 'restoration' and 'reintegration' with consequent ego mastery of instinct and superego, and better control of external reality. As this occurs, the quality of the analysis changes: the adolescents become benign, friendly, but no longer deeply involved in the analytic process.