Introduction. During the period of transition to motherhood, which is considered one of the most important periods of reconstruction of the female identity and of the representational world, the dreaming performs some important functions in the psychic life. Further, the condition of pregnancy at risk can affect the representations during pregnancy and be predictive of the future development of the child. Objectives. In a psychodynamic framework, this work aims to explore the dreamlike space in conditions of pregnancy at risk, reflecting on how the experience of the narration of dream may seem functional to the integration and development of some aspects of the internal experience of motherhood. Methods. 40 pregnant women’s dreams, 20 with a physiological pregnancy and 20 with a pregnancy at risk (a medical history of recurrent miscarriage, placenta previa, development of pregnancy complications, such as preterm labor, infections or high blood pressure), reported during the last trimester of pregnancy, were analyzed and compared with T-Lab (Lancia, 2004), a quali-quantitative software for text analysis, in order to find themes and dimensions of meaning in the text corpus. Results. The analysis produced four thematic clusters which has been interpreted by means of the vectorial axes, organizing the following three vectors of meaning: 1. from the unrepresentable to the representable; 2. from the dependence to the relational exchange; 3. from the undifferentiated to the differences. Discussion. From the work carried out it was possible to observe that under conditions of physiological pregnancy the dream fulfills an eminently processing function, whereas in the conditions of pregnancy at risk it seems to remain an area of unrepresentable. Finally, we proposed some reflections about the dream during the period of pregnancy and the importance to make further research on this area of interest.
Dreaming in pregnancy at risk: a thematic analysis of pregnant women’s dreams / Margherita, Giorgia; Gargiulo, Anna; Martino, MARIA LUISA. - (2014). (Intervento presentato al convegno 3rd Iberoamerican Congress of Health Psychology, Siviglia tenutosi a Siviglia nel 14-16-novembre).
Dreaming in pregnancy at risk: a thematic analysis of pregnant women’s dreams.
MARGHERITA, GIORGIA;GARGIULO, ANNA;MARTINO, MARIA LUISA
2014
Abstract
Introduction. During the period of transition to motherhood, which is considered one of the most important periods of reconstruction of the female identity and of the representational world, the dreaming performs some important functions in the psychic life. Further, the condition of pregnancy at risk can affect the representations during pregnancy and be predictive of the future development of the child. Objectives. In a psychodynamic framework, this work aims to explore the dreamlike space in conditions of pregnancy at risk, reflecting on how the experience of the narration of dream may seem functional to the integration and development of some aspects of the internal experience of motherhood. Methods. 40 pregnant women’s dreams, 20 with a physiological pregnancy and 20 with a pregnancy at risk (a medical history of recurrent miscarriage, placenta previa, development of pregnancy complications, such as preterm labor, infections or high blood pressure), reported during the last trimester of pregnancy, were analyzed and compared with T-Lab (Lancia, 2004), a quali-quantitative software for text analysis, in order to find themes and dimensions of meaning in the text corpus. Results. The analysis produced four thematic clusters which has been interpreted by means of the vectorial axes, organizing the following three vectors of meaning: 1. from the unrepresentable to the representable; 2. from the dependence to the relational exchange; 3. from the undifferentiated to the differences. Discussion. From the work carried out it was possible to observe that under conditions of physiological pregnancy the dream fulfills an eminently processing function, whereas in the conditions of pregnancy at risk it seems to remain an area of unrepresentable. Finally, we proposed some reflections about the dream during the period of pregnancy and the importance to make further research on this area of interest.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.