Psychosomatic Interaction between Mother and Infant during Breast Feeding
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Vol. 56 (1-2) , 78-84
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000288534
Abstract
Within the context of a major research project on the impact of mother’s depression on breast feeding, this study presents a qualitative analysis of mother-infant interaction during a single breast feediung situation. From the holistic perspective there emerged five central themes of interaction, which all displayed a different purpose. Mothers had quite often difficulties in psychosomatic interaction during a phase of hungry eating. More detailed analysis revealed some interesting differences between the depressed and nonde-pressed mothers.Keywords
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