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Winnicott and the Developmental Psychology of Infancy
Author(s) -
Murray Lynne
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1989.tb01090.x
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , psychology , scrutiny , psychoanalysis , relation (database) , empirical research , developmental psychology , epistemology , philosophy , database , political science , computer science , law
Evidence from research in developmental psychology on mother‐infant communication and cognition in the first 18 months is considered in relation to British psychoanalytic theory, and particularly that of D.W. Winnicott. Large overlaps exist between the two disciplines, but there are areas where empirical work indicates modifications of psychoanalytic formulations and, conversely, clinical observations that draw attention to the need for far closer empirical scrutiny of certain developmental issues.