Subjective Experiences of Mothers with Infants: Synchrony during the Mirror Stage

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The interaction between the mother and the baby in the first years of life are crucial for the psychological development of the baby. The purpose of this dissertation is to behaviorally explore the interaction among the mother-baby dyads and to determine whether there is a synchronous or nonsynchronous interaction between mothers and their 12-month-old babies. Coding of Interactive Behavior (CIB; Feldman, 1998) was used as a coding scheme. Mothers were interviewed in a semi-structured format and the interviews were analyzed through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The first study exploring mothers with nonsynchronous interaction revealed the following themes: “(1) mother’s questionable desire for having the baby; (2) lack of boundaries between the mother and the baby; (3) adopting an intrusive style in childrearing; (4) glorifying motherhood: occupying a central place in the baby’s life; (5) experiencing challenges when raising the baby; (6) the imbalanced relationship of mothers to their own parents.” The second study focusing on mothers with synchronous interaction revealed the following themes: “(1) sparing time for different activities: not only focusing on the baby; (2) expressing a desire for the baby; (3) mother’s acknowledgement of the father: a husband, a father, and a friend; (4) acknowledging and accepting the separateness of the baby: baby with his own body; (5) mothers’ relationship with their own parents: autonomy and separation.” The results shed light to the mirror stage and the dynamics of mother’s desire.

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Synchrony, Lacan, Mirror Stage, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Mother-Infant Interaction

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/96322

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I. Necef, “Subjective Experiences of Mothers with Infants: Synchrony during the Mirror Stage,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2022.