Maternal representations during a pathological pregnancy: the case of sickle cell disease

Authors

  • Flaviana Estrela Maroja Cox
  • Bérengère Beauquier-Maccotta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i2p309-324

Keywords:

maternal representations, pregnancy, sickle cell disease, psychoanalysis.

Abstract

Maternal representations include the expectations, fantasies, desires, fears and perceptions of a mother about her pregnancy, her motherhood and her future baby. This study is an introduction to maternal representations during pathological pregnancies of women with sickle cell disease. For this, a qualitative research was conducted with five women to analyze their representations, following a psychoanalytic perspective. The observation of maternal representations is an important tool in the prevention of disorders in mother-infant relationships. Finally, we observed that maternal representations can be affected by the mother's disease.

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Author Biographies

  • Flaviana Estrela Maroja Cox
    Psicóloga, doutora em Psicanálise e Psicopatologia pela Université Paris 7 Diderot (Sorbonne Paris Cité), Paris, França
  • Bérengère Beauquier-Maccotta
    Psiquiatra infantil do Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, doutora em Psicanálise e Psicopatologia pela Université Paris 7 Diderot (Sorbonne Paris Cité), Paris, França.

Published

2014-08-21

How to Cite

Cox, F. E. M., & Beauquier-Maccotta, B. (2014). Maternal representations during a pathological pregnancy: the case of sickle cell disease. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 19(2), 309-324. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i2p309-324