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Maternal styles in infant psychotherapy: Treatment and research implications
Author(s) -
Ostrov Karen,
Dowling Jerome,
Wesner David O.,
Johnson Frank K.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0355(198223)3:3<162::aid-imhj2280030305>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - psychology , mode (computer interface) , movement (music) , psychotherapist , position (finance) , developmental psychology , computer science , aesthetics , philosophy , finance , economics , operating system
Infant psychotherapy, in which the mother is requested to follow the baby's activities without initiating or directing, is described. Mothers demonstrate different styles of involvement with their infants: a protective mode, a prohibitive mode, a competitive mode, and other ways of interfering with their infants' tendency to explore the environment. Attempts to analyze such factors as position, distance and movement are discussed. Research for recording and analyzing the movement of infant and mother dyads is proposed.