Infant observation
A range of questions and challenges for contemporary psychoanalysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8973175 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marina Altmann De Litvan (corresponding author), Marina Altmann Litvan (2José María Montero 3096, 11300 Montevideo, Uruguay ‐) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 713-733 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1516/9031-19r0-3704-2371 |
| PMID | 17537701 |
| OpenAlex | W2028464108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
The author attempts to integrate several perspectives within the field of infant observation that reflect the analyst's personal experience as a clinician, as a professor at the analytic institute and as a researcher in the field of psychoanalysis. Can infant observation contribute to analytic technique, theory and training? If so, what would be the nature of such contribution? To answer these questions, the author reviews the literature on infant observation from Freud to the present, highlighting Latin American contributions to this subject. She makes reference to the role of technological innovations, which have allowed videotaping, repeated observations, temporal segmentation and computerized programs, thus giving rise to microanalytic research. This discussion prompts the question about the contributions made by systematic research to clinical practice. To tackle this question, the author presents both a clinical vignette taken from her personal experience, and the current debate on this subject as it appears in the work of Daniel Stern and André Green. Finally, she presents some conclusions that are part of an ongoing debate in the psychoanalytic field
Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Library science · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Stern · Subject (documents · Vignette · Computer Science · History · Philosophy · Psychological Treatments and Disorders · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment
The Prerepresentational Self and its Affective Core
Imitation of Facial and Manual Gestures by Human Neonates
Dyadically expanded states of consciousness and the process of therapeutic change
Early stages of initiative and environmental response
Childhood trauma, the neurobiology of adaptation, and “use-dependent” development of the brain
Emotions and emotional communication in infants
Relational Perspectives in Psychoanalysis
The Irrelevance of Infant Observations for Psychoanalysis
Mobilizing Fundamental Modes of Development
The contribution of mother-infant mutual influence to the origins of self- and object representations
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2011 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |