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Evaluation of changes in mother-infant brief psychotherapy: A single case study
- Source :
- Infant Mental Health Journal. 9:20-45
- Publication Year :
- 1988
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1988.
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Abstract
- Representation-oriented brief psychotherapy with mother-infant dyads is used to examine correspondences between maternal behaviors and maternal representations of her infant. A single case study is presented to illustrate how one can objectify interactional variables that may correspond behaviorally to underlying maternal mental representations. This paper presents the results of a collaboration that focuses on the process of enacting fantasy via the domain of behavior. Attention is drawn to interacted themes that are enacted versions of representational themes. Enacted themes are pathogenic in behavioral terms for the infant. Five themes are identified in the case material. Changes in the mother's representations affect both the mother-infant relationship and the infant's functioning.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_treatment
education
Behavior change
Mother infant
Single-subject design
Affect (psychology)
Brief psychotherapy
Case material
Developmental psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Mental representation
medicine
Fantasy
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10970355 and 01639641
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Infant Mental Health Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e6b34f34512813e71ebac97b44b1b98f