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Representations and narratives during pregnancy
Author(s) -
Ammaniti Massimo,
Baumgartner Emma,
Candelori Carla,
Perucchini Paola,
Pola Marisa,
Tambelli Renata,
Zampino Francesca
Publication year - 1992
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(199223)13:2<167::aid-imhj2280130207>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - pregnancy , feeling , adjective , semantic differential , narrative , third trimester , psychology , developmental psychology , second trimester , content (measure theory) , obstetrics , social psychology , medicine , gestation , noun , computer science , linguistics , genetics , biology , philosophy , mathematical analysis , mathematics , natural language processing
In this paper, we explore how maternal representations, and in particular their contents, are structured during pregnancy. Twenty‐three primiparous women were recruited for participation in a longitudinal study about mothers' thoughts and feelings about their infants. A semistructured interview was conducted with each of the subjects in the third trimester of pregnancy. During the interview, subjects were also given five adjective lists based on the semantic differential model. Results from this sample indicate similarities in the content‐free aspects of representations of self and baby, but differences in the content of these presentations. Implications of these results are discussed with regard to the construction of an internal representation of the child in the third trimester of pregnancy.