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Um triângulo a dois?: Triangulação psíquica em crianças de famílias monoparentais femininas
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As famílias monoparentais femininas por opção têm vindo a aumentar nas últimas décadas. Ao não corresponderem às ideologias da família nuclear tradicional (casal heterossexual com filhos biológicos), levantam uma série de preocupações relacionadas com o bem-estar e com o ajustamento psicológico das crianças que crescem sem uma figura paterna. O Complexo de Édipo constitui-se como a fase primordial do desenvolvimento sexual infantil permitindo que
a criança aceda aos objetos de desejo e às identificações. A criança compete com o objeto de identificação pelo objeto de desejo, concretizando um movimento psíquico triangular. O desenvolvimento do Complexo de Édipo é, portanto, necessário para o acesso à triangulação psíquica e para um funcionamento psíquico saudável. Face à escassez de literatura psicanalítica nesta temática, o presente estudo teve como objetivos principais descrever os processos intrapsíquicos das crianças de famílias monoparentais femininas por opção e explorar os papéis parentais destas famílias. Para tal, foram avaliados a diferenciação psíquica, a relação com o Terceiro, as identificações objetais, o acesso aos interditos, os objetos de desejo e os objetos de rivalidade. Neste estudo de tipo qualitativo, foram
entrevistadas seis mães e seis crianças de famílias monoparentais femininas por opção e foi realizada uma Análise Temática reflexiva. Foram identificados sete temas principais e nove subtemas nas narrativas dos participantes. Os resultados sugerem que as crianças de famílias monoparentais femininas por opção acedem à triangulação psíquica e concretizam os conflitos edipianos e que as funções parentais não se encontram exclusivamente atribuídas a
papéis familiares específicos. São discutidas as implicações teóricas e clínicas, assim como as limitações do estudo e sugestões para investigações futuras.
The number of female monoparental families by choice has been rising in the past decades. By not conforming to the ideology of the traditional nuclear family (heterosexual couple with biological children), they raise several concerns related to the well-being and psychological adjustment of children growing up without a paternal figure. The Oedipus complex constitutes the primordial phase of infantile sexual development, allowing the child to gain access to objects of desire and identifications. The child competes with the object of identification for the object of desire, thus enacting a triangular psychic movement. The development of the Oedipus complex is therefore necessary for access to psychic triangulation and for a healthy psychic functioning. Given the scarcity of psychoanalytic literature on this topic, the present study aimed primarily to describe the intrapsychic processes of children from female monoparental families by choice and to explore the parental roles within these families. To this end, the study assessed psychic differentiation, the relation to the Third, object identifications, access to prohibitions, objects of desire, and objects of rivalry. In this qualitative study, six mothers and six children from female monoparental families by choice were interviewed, and a reflexive Thematic Analysis was conducted. Seven main themes and nine subthemes were identified in the participants’ narratives. The results suggest that children from single-mother-by-choice families achieve psychic triangulation and enact Oedipal conflicts, and that parental roles are not exclusively tied to specific people. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed, along with the study’s limitations and suggestions for future research.
The number of female monoparental families by choice has been rising in the past decades. By not conforming to the ideology of the traditional nuclear family (heterosexual couple with biological children), they raise several concerns related to the well-being and psychological adjustment of children growing up without a paternal figure. The Oedipus complex constitutes the primordial phase of infantile sexual development, allowing the child to gain access to objects of desire and identifications. The child competes with the object of identification for the object of desire, thus enacting a triangular psychic movement. The development of the Oedipus complex is therefore necessary for access to psychic triangulation and for a healthy psychic functioning. Given the scarcity of psychoanalytic literature on this topic, the present study aimed primarily to describe the intrapsychic processes of children from female monoparental families by choice and to explore the parental roles within these families. To this end, the study assessed psychic differentiation, the relation to the Third, object identifications, access to prohibitions, objects of desire, and objects of rivalry. In this qualitative study, six mothers and six children from female monoparental families by choice were interviewed, and a reflexive Thematic Analysis was conducted. Seven main themes and nine subthemes were identified in the participants’ narratives. The results suggest that children from single-mother-by-choice families achieve psychic triangulation and enact Oedipal conflicts, and that parental roles are not exclusively tied to specific people. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed, along with the study’s limitations and suggestions for future research.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no Ispa – Instituto Universitário para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica
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Triangulação psíquica Terceiro Complexo de Édipo Identificação Funções parentais Psychic triangulation the Third Oedipus Complex Identification Parental roles