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Electra complex is one of the key concepts in psychoanalytic theory. It describes the intense emotional attachment of a girl to her father and her perception of her mother as a rival. This concept is regarded as an extension of Sigmund Freud’s Oedipus complex and was developed by Carl Gustav Jung. Origin and Conceptualization The term derives from the figure of Electra in ancient Greek mythology. According to myth, Electra harbored intense hatred toward her mother Clytemnestra after Clytemnestra