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Ligação emocional pai/bebé : “O pai que procura existir na mente do seu bebé”
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A Tese procurou explorar a importância da figura pai no estudo das interacções precoces. Investigar sobre a influência do tipo de vinculação do pai (representações relacionais dos seus pais) e do bonding (envolvimento afectivo) para a qualidade da interacção pai/bebé. Para tal, recorreu-se a instrumentos de avaliação da vinculação do pai (R.A.Q. Reciprocal Attachment Questionnaire, West & Sheldon-Keller, 1994; Soares e outros., 2006), e de avaliação do bonding do pai com o bebé (Escala de envolvimento Emocional dos pais com o bebé; Figueiredo e outros, 2005). Por fim, procedeu-se à análise minuciosa da interacção pai/bebé pelo recurso a filmagens e pela utilização de duas grelhas de interacção: Greenspan e Lieberman (1989) e a Grelha de Interacção Intersubjectiva desenvolvida para este projecto. A tese, no seu design exploratório, recorreu a duas díades pai/bebé, em que os bebés foram acompanhados, em média, dos 4 aos 7 meses. Os resultados sugerem que aspectos da vinculação do pai (representação mental das suas relações parentais passadas) e do bonding (envolvimento afectivo do pai com o bebé) influenciam na qualidade da interacção pai/bebé em termos de contingência e intersubjectividade. A construção da grelha intersubjectiva permitiu aprofundar aspectos afectivos e subtis das interacções, pelo que se sugere, para vindouras investigações, o seu contínuo desenvolvimento e possível futura validação.
ABSTRACT------This Thesis was developed to explore the relevance of the father figure in the field of infant caretaker interaction. The core of this research was to gain further knowledge about the influence of the father’s attachment representations (with his own parents) and the bonding (affective involvement to his infant) in the quality of the father / infant interaction. For an effective study it was paramount to use research instruments, regarding father’s attachment evaluation (R.A.Q. Reciprocal Attachment Questionnaire, West & Sheldon-Keller, 1994; Soares & others, 2006) and in relation to the father bonding with the infant (Bonding Questionnaire: Emotional Involvement from the Parents to the Baby; Figueiredo & others, 2005). Ultimately, it was undertaken a micro analysis on the father-baby interaction, backed by videotaping and for the use of two interaction frameworks: Greenspan and Lieberman (1989) and the Inter-subjective Interaction Framework, being the latter specifically created to endorse this paper output. The thesis, with its exploratory design, used two father-baby diades, following babies, on average, from the 4th until the 7th month. Results suggest that the father attachment (mental representation of his relationships with his parents) and the bonding (emotional involvement of the father with the baby) de facto influence the quality of the father-baby interaction, in what contingency and inter-subjectivity are concerned. Rolling out the construction of an inter-subjective framework made possible to dig deeper into emotional and subtle aspects of the interaction process, thus opening a window for further investigations on its development and future validation.
ABSTRACT------This Thesis was developed to explore the relevance of the father figure in the field of infant caretaker interaction. The core of this research was to gain further knowledge about the influence of the father’s attachment representations (with his own parents) and the bonding (affective involvement to his infant) in the quality of the father / infant interaction. For an effective study it was paramount to use research instruments, regarding father’s attachment evaluation (R.A.Q. Reciprocal Attachment Questionnaire, West & Sheldon-Keller, 1994; Soares & others, 2006) and in relation to the father bonding with the infant (Bonding Questionnaire: Emotional Involvement from the Parents to the Baby; Figueiredo & others, 2005). Ultimately, it was undertaken a micro analysis on the father-baby interaction, backed by videotaping and for the use of two interaction frameworks: Greenspan and Lieberman (1989) and the Inter-subjective Interaction Framework, being the latter specifically created to endorse this paper output. The thesis, with its exploratory design, used two father-baby diades, following babies, on average, from the 4th until the 7th month. Results suggest that the father attachment (mental representation of his relationships with his parents) and the bonding (emotional involvement of the father with the baby) de facto influence the quality of the father-baby interaction, in what contingency and inter-subjectivity are concerned. Rolling out the construction of an inter-subjective framework made possible to dig deeper into emotional and subtle aspects of the interaction process, thus opening a window for further investigations on its development and future validation.