ABSTRACT

This paper presents an overview of the author’s doctoral research project, a two-pronged study using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Excerpts of observation material based on video-recorded interactions between mother and infant are presented and discussed, in relation to a psychoanalytic framework with a focus on infantile phantasy. The author also describes the process of developing an assessment scale that attempts to render the rich qualitative data of the observation transcripts as numerical data for comparison with other available quantitative clinical assessments, for the mother-infant pairs studied. The author reflects on some of the challenges of the project and explores possible new directions it could take.

摘要

本文概述了作者的博士研究项目，这是一项使用定性和定量方法进行的双管齐下的研究。根据以婴儿幻想为重点的精神分析框架，呈现并讨论了基于视频录制的母婴互动观察材料的摘录。作者还描述了开发评估量表的过程，该量表试图将观察记录的丰富定性数据作为数值数据与其他可用的定量临床评估进行比较，用于研究的母婴。作者反思了该项目的一些挑战，并探索了它可能采取的新方向。