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Analysis of thirteen normal adult Dogon people in Mali reveals the unvarying reaction of resistance to forming an object relationship to the analyst that is consistent with their avoiding an exclusive attachment to one person. Instead, they distribute their cathexes among a number of objects with fluid shifts of interest. Their strong identification is with the group rather than the individual.