Description |
xii, 232 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Introduction: psychoanalytic infant observation / Susan Reid -- 2. Beginnings: the family, the observer and the infant observation group / Isca Wittenberg -- 3. Shared unconscious and conscious perceptions in the nanny-parent interaction which affect the emotional development of the infant / Jeanne Magagna -- 4. The meaning of difference: race, culture and context in infant observation / Lynda Ellis -- 5. First light: knowing the infant as an actuality and as an idea / Eric Rhode -- 6. Moments of discovery, times of learning / Alex Dubinsky and Olga Bazhenova -- 7. Thoughts on the containing process from the perspective of infant/mother relations / Pamela Berse Sorensen -- 8. Speculations on components in the infant's sense of agency: the sense of abundance and the capacity to think in parentheses / Anne Alvarez and Piera Furgiuele -- 9. Psychosomatic integrations: eye and mouth in infant observation / Maria Rhode -- 10. Interplay: sound-aspects in mother-infant observation / Suzanne Maiello -- 11. Observed families revisited - two years on: a follow-up study / Gertraud Diem-Wille -- 12. Observing when infants are at potential risk: reflections from a study of five infants, concentrating on observations of a Bengali infant / Stephen Briggs -- Endpiece / Susan Reid |
Summary |
Twelve contributors bring academic theories relating to child development to life in this revealing study. Areas covered include: intergenerational child-rearing, nurture and nature, and the origins of emotional disturbance. |
Notes |
Based on a Tavistock conference held in September 1993 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Child development -- Congresses.
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Infant psychiatry -- Congresses.
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Infant psychiatry.
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Infant psychology -- Congresses.
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Infant psychology.
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Observation (Psychology)
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Observation (Psychology) -- Congresses.
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Child Development.
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Child Development.
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Mental Health.
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Infant.
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Child.
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Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Reid, Susan, 1946-
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Tavistock Clinic.
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International Conference on Infant Observation (1st : 1993 : London, England)
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LC no. |
96043621 |
ISBN |
0415149401 |
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041514941X (paperback) |
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(paperback) |
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