23rd November 2023

A 7-­year­-old Iranian boy had to flee from Iran as an asylum seeker together with his mother, who was politically threatened.

A 7-­year­-old Iranian boy had to flee from Iran as an asylum seeker together with his mother, who was politically threatened. Upon arrival in the UK, he starts sucking his thumb and exhibits intense anxiety that something terrible might happen to his mother. He refuses to go to the local school but plays with his peer group in the proximity of his mother. 

In the above scenario, the psychosexual developmental stage of the child is most likely to be 

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