The Imagined Baby and the Mother’s, Father’s and Baby’s Identities Constitution

Authors

  • Tatiele Jacques Bossi Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Doutoranda do PPG Psicologia
  • Héctor Omar Ardans-Bonifacino Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v19i3.34491

Keywords:

imagined baby, mother’s and father’s identities, first child

Abstract

The present research has investigated the parents expectations about the imagined baby and their
influences on mother’s, father’s and baby’s identities constitution. Three couples pregnancy for the
first time were interviewed during the third trimester of pregnancy. The qualitative content analysis
has indicated the parents expectations related baby’s sex, choice of the baby’s name and his physical
and psychological characteristics. It noticed that the parents expectations have influenced the mother’s
and father’s identities constitution, at mean that the parents have changed their own identity through
the baby mention. The same way, they have already attributed child’s identity characteristics allowing
him/her to be subject in the family before him/her birth.

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Published

2016-11-09

How to Cite

Jacques Bossi, T., & Ardans-Bonifacino, H. O. (2016). The Imagined Baby and the Mother’s, Father’s and Baby’s Identities Constitution. Interação Em Psicologia, 19(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v19i3.34491

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Research Reports

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