193 research outputs found
Exploration of maternal representations during pregnancy in normal and risk samples: the use of interview for maternal representations during pregnancy-r.
No full textThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the potentiality of the Interview of Maternal Representations during Pregnancy-Revised Version (IRMAG-R; M. Ammaniti & R. Tambelli, 2010) in exploring maternal representations in at-risk and nonrisk conditions. Maternal representations were assessed during the last trimester of pregnancy in 411 nonrisk women and in 255 depressed and/or psychosocially at-risk women. The results showed a prevalence of Integrated/Balanced representations in nonrisk women and a higher frequency of Not Integrated/Ambivalent representations in at-risk women. Data obtained confirm that the IRMAG-R is a valid instrument for exploring maternal representation during the last trimester of pregnancy in both the absence and presence of risk conditions
Maternal representations in psychosocial and depressive risk parenting: A pilot study on early mother-infant feeding interactions.
No full textMaternal representations in psychosocial and depressive risk parenting: A pilot study on early mother-infant
feeding interactions
Tambelli R. (Italy), Odorisio F. (Italy), Lucarelli L. (Italy)
Developmental research has expanded its focus to include parental representations into the study of early socioemotional
development. From an attachment perspective, parental representations are thought to be based on the
parent’s past attachment experiences and determine access to thoughts and feelings in relation to the child, which, in
turn, guide the parent’s caregiving behavior. It is argued that parental representations are shaped by parent’s past
childhood experiences as well as by his or her daily encounters with the child. Thus, parental representations are theorized to be child specific, and need to be assessed in the context of an ongoing relationship. This approach led to
the development of several interviews, such as the Interview of Maternal Representations During Pregnancy
(IRMAG-R; Ammaniti, & Tambelli, 2010) and the Interview of Maternal Representations After the Birth (IRMAN;
Ammaniti et al., 1999). The present study examined the parent–child relationship in psychosocial and depressive
risk parenting at the observed level, assessing specific maternal and infant behavior patterns during early
interactions, as well as at the representational level, by focusing on mothers’ representations during pregnancy and
after birth of their relationship with their children. Mothers were contacted by health services when they were in the
second trimester of pregnancy. Mothers were interviewed on psychosocial risk factors and completed a
questionnaire on depressive symptoms, the CES-D (Radloff, 1977). The sample consisted of 167 women divided in:
41 women with one or no psychosocial risk factor and low levels of depressive symptoms, 40 women at
psychosocial risk, 40 women at depressive risk and 46 women at psychosocial and depressive risk. The mothers’
ages ranged from 20 to 43 years (M=32.6, SD=4.29) (children= 81 girls, 86 boys). All women were interviewed
during pregnancy through the IRMAG-R to explore mental representations of themselves as mothers and of their
unborn infants. When the infant was 3 months old, the IRMAN was administered to the woman and mother-infant
feeding interactions were assessed through the Feeding Scale, in the Italian version (Lucarelli et al., 2002). Results
pointed out a higher frequency of Ambivalent Representations during pregnancy and after birth in the depressive
and psychosocial risk mothers. Moreover, at the observed level, these mothers showed lower positive affects, higher
intrusiveness and provide less adequate emotional support during early feeding interactions with their infants. These
findings provide empirical support for theoretical and clinical perspectives suggesting a reciprocal link between
maternal dysfunctional representations, in depressive and psychosocial risk parenting, and mother and child’s
maladaptive interactions in the context of early socio-emotional development of the child
Exploring parental representations of infertile patients undergoing an assisted reproduction program: Some preliminary observations
No full textThe parental reflective functioning as a development dimension: Theoretical and clinical aspects
No full textL'articolo prende in considerazione il costrutto della Funzione Riflessiva Genitoriale (FRG)come sistematizzato da Fonagy e Target all'interno della cornice teorica, clinica e di ricerca della Developmental Psychology. La FRG si riferisce alla capacità del genitore di leggere la mente del proprio bambino in relazione ai suoi sentimenti, alle sue aspettative, ai suoi desideri e di essere in grado di riflettere sulle sue esperienze e come esse vengano riflesse nell'interazione con il bambino. La FRG viene posta come dimensione centrale del sè infantile in linea agli assunti psicoanalitici relazionali che spostano il focus dell'interiorizzazione dell'oggetto contenente all'interiorizazzione del sè pensante e pongono i processi di regolazione affettiva e della mentalizazzione in termini di adeguatezza e rischio evolutivo.This paper take into consideration the concept of Parental Reflective Functioning (PRF) as systematized by Fonagy and Target within the theoretical, clinical and research framework of the Developmental Pychology. PRF refers to the capacity of the parent to envision his or her child as motivated by internal mental states such as feeling, wishes, desires, and to be able to reflect on his or her own internal mental experiences, and how they are shaped by interactions with the child. PRG is placed as the central dimension of child’s self in line with the relational psychoanalytic assumptions that shift the focus of the internalization of the containing object to the internalization of the thinking self and set the processes of affective regulation and mentalizing in terms of adequacy and evolutive risk
Attività-passività:una dimensione clinica speculare.
No full textThe authors suggest to consider the whole balance of activity and passivity as a point of wiew from which it is possible to observe and evaluate objectal relationships. The case of an early adolescent girl is reprted as an example in order to show the pathologic aspects of activity and passivity as well as the parallel relevance of acttvity and passivity within the frame of a healty developmen
Madri, bambini e farmaci. Risultati preliminari di un'indagine esplorativa
No full textThe author examines the meaning of drugs in the mother-child relation both in the light of recent contributions on the use of drugs during childhood and on the basis of the first results of her own research work. The drug, which has a sybolic value in infantile development, as one can see in fairy tales, can assume a magic meaning in the present social context, confident that drugs can solve all illness. If the effect of a limitless faith in drugs lasts too long, the child can experience it as an unquestioned transitional object, foreshadowing possible feeling of drug addiction
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