With the abundance of literature focusing on parental influence in sport, it is important to identify family dynamics that extend beyond parents to include siblings. In this study, sibling influence was explored though interviews with previously identified elite youth female athletes (N=4) and their sibling (N=4) of the same sex who participated in the same sport. The purpose was to discover how siblings influence sport participation and how parents influence sibling relationships, retrospectively. Three categories emerged from the data: positive experiences participating in the same sport, negative experiences participating in the same sport, and perception of the parental role. The participants’ descriptions coincide with observational learning and both deidentification and divergence processes. The data adds to the probable sibling and parent experiences proposed in the Developmental Model of Sport Participation and provides insight for athletes, parents, and coaches on how to manage sibling relations in sport. / October 2015

The tertiary education environment has become known for its stressful working conditions. Factors such as high work demands (i.e. work overload, excessive time demands and work pressure) and insufficient resources (i.e. limited developmental possibilities, poor performance feedback, lack of support, etc.) all contribute to these stressful circumstances. As a result, these circumstances can cause employees to experience negative interferences between their work and nonwork roles. In addition, employees do not have adequate time to invest in their nonwork domains, hence nonwork roles are neglected (such as being a parent, being a spouse, spending time on domestic activities and spending time on religious/spiritual activities). To decrease these negative interferences, it is important for employees to recover from strains that were activated at work. The objectives of this study were to determine 1) which demands and resources significantly predicted work-nonwork interference among employees working in a tertiary education institution; and 2) which recovery strategies were significant in dealing with high levels of work-nonwork interference caused by high demands and a lack of resources. A random sample of 366 married parents was taken from a tertiary education institution in the North-West Province. A list was obtained of all the married parents of the institution. All of these employees were given the choice to participate in the research. A measuring battery measuring job demands (i.e. work pressure, emotional demands and cognitive demands), job resources (i.e. autonomy, social support and developmental possibilities), work-nonwork interference (i.e. work-parent, work-spouse, work-domestic and work-religion/spirituality) and recovery strategies (psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery and control) respectively was utilised in this study. Descriptive and inferential statistics, Cronbach alpha coefficients, Pearson product-moment correlations and stepwise multiple regression, using the enter method, were used to analyse the data. The results indicate that work pressure and emotional demands significantly predict interference between all four nonwork roles. Additionally, autonomy and developmental possibilities significantly predicted work-parent and work-religion/spirituality interference respectively. Furthermore, all of the recovery strategies decreased specific worknonwork interference. Psychological detachment decreased the interference between the workspouse relationship and the work-religion/spirituality relationship. Relaxation predicted the decrease of interference between the following relationships: work-parent, work-spouse, and work-domestic. Mastery and control only significantly predicted the decrease of interference between the work-parent relationship and between the work-domestic activities respectively. Various recommendations were made for tertiary education institutions as well as for future research. Tertiary education institutions should manage high job demands by examining employees’ workload and job descriptions. Managers could possibly diminish work pressure and emotional demands by means of courses/workshops pertaining to self-management, time and organisational skills, emotional intelligence and/or coping with emotions. Tertiary education institutions should also focus on supporting employees who experience work-nonwork interferences and manage it effectively. In addition, the awareness of recovery and various recovery strategies should be promoted. Recommendations for future research include expanding the research to other occupational groups, longitudinal research designs, obtaining various opinions and perspectives of individuals also involved in the work-nonwork dyad and the study of the positive interaction between the work and nonwork roles. / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011

O fenômeno da fragilização dos papéis parentais, presente na família contemporânea, está relacionado a dificuldades que os pais possuem em educar seus filhos, na atualidade, devido à insegurança e dúvidas quanto ao posicionamento que devem assumir perante os mesmos. Frente o exposto acima, esta dissertação teve como objetivo compreender a correlação entre pais que apresentavam características da fragilização dos papéis parentais com o aparecimento de comportamentos freqüentes de agressividade, teimosia e/ou agitação em crianças de dois a cinco anos de idade, num ambiente escolar. Partimos da hipótese de que crianças que estivessem manifestando estes comportamentos na escola, diante do professor, pudessem estar revelando, como num sintoma, um posicionamento enfraquecido de autoridade de seus pais. Utilizamos uma metodologia de pesquisa de campo, de delineamento de estudo de caso-controle, através da comparação entre grupos com uma abordagem qualitativa. Visamos o contato com este fenômeno pela escola. Foram realizadas observações de crianças e entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os professores e pais, contando com roteiros de entrevista previamente desenvolvidos. Finalmente, uma observação de interação lúdica dos pais com seus filhos. O material coletado foi analisado, em cada família, através de quatro categorias de análise, tendo-se como referencial teórico a psicanálise, em especial, Freud e Winnicott; bem como, a construção teórica sócio-cultural, histórica e psicológica a respeito do fenômeno em questão. Verificamos que a presença da fragilização dos papéis parentais está relacionada aos pais cujos filhos manifestavam comportamentos freqüentes de agressividade, teimosia e/ou agitação na escola. Este fenômeno sofre influências de fatores e valores contemporâneos, contudo tais influências somente são capazes de gerar conflitos quando articuladas a dificuldades nas dinâmicas do casal conjugal e parental, favorecendo, desta forma, falta de coerência e consistência no relacionamento dos pais entre si e, conseqüentemente, destes com os filhos. / The phenomenon of the Weakening of parental role, in contemporary family, nowadays, is related to difficulties that parents have in educating their children, which is due to insecurity and doubts about the position that they should assume before their children. Facing that, this dissertation aimed to understand the correlation between parents who showed characteristics of the weakening of parental role and the frequent emergence of aggressive behaviors, stubbornness and/or agitation in children from two to five years old, in a school environment. We hypothesized that the children who were expressing these behaviors at school before the teacher could be revealing, as a symptom, a weakened position of their parents authority. We used a methodology of field work, the design study of \'case-control\', through the comparison among groups with a qualitative approach. We intended the contact with this phenomenon through school. Children were observed as well as parents and teachers were interviewed with routed interviews previously developed. Finally, it was observed the playful interaction of parents and their children. The material collected was analyzed in each family, in four categories of analysis, with a theoretical reference of the psychoanalysis, particularly, Freud and Winnicott, as well as the socio-cultural, historical and psychological theoretical construct about the phenomenon. We note that the presence of the \'weakening of parental roles\' is related to parents whose children demonstrated frequent aggressive behavior, stubbornness and/or agitation in school. This phenomenon is subjected to influences of contemporary aspects and values, although those influences are only able to generate conflicts when articulated with the difficulties in the dynamics of marital and parental couple, favoring for this, the lack of coherence and consistency of parents in their own relationship and consequently, with their children.

As práticas educativas parentais são consideradas determinantes primários no desenvolvimento de comportamentos socialmente competentes, problemas de comportamento e comportamentos relacionados à saúde na infância. Na adolescência, a influência parental sobre esses comportamentos tem literatura divergente, visto que diversos autores acreditam que a influência parental continua central, enquanto outros defendem a idéia de que a principal determinação vem do grupo de pares. Diante desse contexto, o objetivo geral dessa pesquisa foi o de relacionar as práticas educativas maternas e paternas aos comportamentos de proteção e risco à saúde na adolescência, bem como as variáveis de competência social (CS), problemas de comportamento (PC) e dificuldades com os pares, avaliando o grau de predição das práticas parentais sobre os comportamentos do adolescente. Para atingir tais objetivos, participaram deste estudo 485 adolescentes, divididos em três faixas etárias (11 a 13 anos, 14 e 15 anos, 16 e 17 anos). Todos responderam ao Inventário de Estilos Parentais materno e paterno, Inventário de auto-relato para jovens (YSR) e questionário de estilo de vida (HBSC). Os dados foram analisados através estatística descritiva, análises de correlação, de inferência estatística e análises multivariadas. Os principais resultados foram: 1) práticas educativas maternas e paternas não variaram em função do sexo dos adolescentes, porém foram diferentes entre as três faixas etárias (considerando p ≤ 0,05); 2) não houve diferença quanto à CS entre meninos e meninas, porém estas alcançaram maiores PC; 3) CS se relacionou às práticas positivas maternas (PPM) entre os mais jovens, e às PPM e às práticas positivas paternas (PPP) entre os mais velhos; 4) a partir da categorização dos índices de estilo parental em famílias com estilo parental de risco, intermediária e de proteção, observou-se que aquelas consideradas de proteção tiveram filhos com escores mais positivos de CS e menores escores nas escalas de PC, sendo que as famílias intermediárias tiveram seus filhos mais próximos das famílias de proteção na CS e mais próximo das famílias de risco nas escalas de PC nas três faixas etárias; 5) em relação aos comportamentos de proteção, os adolescentes mais jovens relataram maior freqüência desses, enquanto que os mais velhos alcançaram maiores escores nos comportamentos de risco; 6) as correlações entre estilo parental e comportamentos de proteção e risco foram significativos nas três faixas etárias, porém decaíram com o aumento da idade; 7) a partir da categorização de estilo parental, observouse que entre os adolescentes mais jovens, os de famílias de proteção tiveram filhos com escores significativamente melhores nos comportamentos de saúde e de risco; o que se manteve nas outras faixas etária, porém, em geral, não de forma significativa.; 8) os modelos de análise multivariada (modelo de regressões múltiplas e modelagem de equações estruturais) indicaram que as práticas parentais são preditoras de CS e PC nas três faixas etárias. Diante desses resultados, a pesquisa indica que a influência parental na adolescência ocorre de forma distinta em função da idade, sendo direta na fase inicial e esvanece gradualmente com o aumento da idade, porém ainda mostrando-se significativa, em especial no que concerne às práticas parentais negativas e aos comportamentos de risco. / The parental educational practices are considered primary determining in the development of socially competent behaviors, behavioral problems and behavior related to childhood health. At adolescence, the parental influence over those behaviors has divergent literature, given that several authors believe that the parental influence continues central, while others defend the idea that the main determination comes from the pair groups. In that context, the overall objective of this research was to relate the maternal and paternal educational practices to the behaviors of protection and risk to the health at adolescence, as well as the social competence (SC) variables, behavioral problems (BP) and difficulties with the pairs, evaluating the degree of prediction of the parental practices over the adolescent\'s behaviors. In order to achieve such objectives, 485 teenagers participated in this study, divided into three age groups (11 to 13; 14 and 15; 16 and 17 year-olds). They all answered the Maternal and Paternal Parental Style Inventory; the Young Self Relate (YSR) and the questionnaire of lifestyle (QLS). The data have been analyzed through descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, of statistics inferring and multi varied analysis. The main results were: 1) maternal and paternal practices did not vary according to the adolescents\' gender, on the other hand, were different according to the age groups (considering p ≤ 0,05); 2) there was no difference in SC between boys and girls, however these reached higher PC; 3) SC related to the Maternal Positive Practices (MPP) among the youngest, and to the Paternal Positive Practices (PPP) among the oldest; 4) with the categorization of the families\' parental style as risky, intermediate and protective, it has been observed that those considered protective had children with the highest SC scores and lower BP scores, being that the intermediate families had their children closer to the protective families\' SC scores and closer to the risky families in the BP scores for all three age groups; 5) concerning the protective behaviors, the youngest teenagers stated more frequency of those, while the oldest reached higher risky behavior scores; 6) the correlations between parental style and risk and protection behaviors were significant at all three age groups, however, decreased at higher ages; 7) from the categorization of parental style, it has been observed that among the younger teenagers, the ones from the protective families had kids with significantly higher scores at health and risk behaviors; which was maintained at the other age groups, although in general, not significantly; 8) the models with multi varied analysis ( multiple regression model and structural equations modeling) indicated that the parental practices are predictor of SC and BP at the three age groups. With those results, the research indicates that the parental influence in adolescents occurs in different ways according to the age, being more direct in the initial phase and vanishing gradually as age increases, although still significant, especially concerning the negative parental practices and the risk behaviors.

Parents provide a social learning environment where family nutrition, eating habits and physical activity are largely influenced by and correlated with parental modeling of these behaviors. Increasing self-efficacy is an important component in parents being role models because theoretically, it promotes cognitive change that supports their confidence and ability to modify behaviors that contributes to healthier family practices and biometric outcomes. Phase one of this sequential two-phase study used biometric data (body mass index [BMI], cholesterol, glucose, and blood pressure) from parents (N = 37) participating in their employer’s family wellness initiative as dependent variables. Parental perceptions of nutrition, eating habits, and physical activity related to self-efficacy and role modeling collected via a survey questionnaire served as the independent variables. Correlation analysis indicated significant associations between BMI and nutrition self-efficacy, eating habits self-efficacy and eating habits role modeling. Linear regression analysis showed that nutrition self-efficacy and eating habits role modeling were significant predictors of BMI. A repeated measures t test revealed statistically, attending the family health and weight management program may help participants reduce their BMI, cholesterol, and diastolic blood pressure readings. Phase two used multiple cases (parents, n = 12) that were selected for interviews using purposeful sampling based on their scores reflecting high and low ranges on the self-efficacy and role modeling subscales from the surveys. Each interview was transcribed, coded using the constant comparative method, and individually analyzed for themes. Cross-case synthesis was used to analyze all the cases for commonality and variations. As a result of the findings, participants may be inclined to continue participating in wellness programs because the employer provides opportunities to assist families in their efforts to build confidence and demonstrate role modeling behaviors. The correlations and predictive results in phase one may help substantiate the benefits of participating in the program. Findings from phase two indicated parents acknowledged their role as leaders in creating environments that assist their families in establishing healthy behaviors and voluntarily engaged in this program because it provided assistance and projected them in the right direction for their family to be successful with health and weight management concerns.

Bakgrund: Neonatalvård behövs om barnet är fött för tidigt eller sjukt vid födseln och kan vara både en kortvarig vistelse på några timmar men ibland upp till flera månader. Efter utskrivning stödjer Barnhälsovård(BHV)-sjuksköterskorna föräldrarna genom ett tätt samarbete och följer barnets utvecklingsresa.  Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva BHV-sjuksköterskans erfarenheter av att vårda föräldrar vars barn varit inneliggande på en neonatalavdelning. Metod:  Elva intervjuer genomfördes med BHV-sjuksköterskor i sydöstra Sverige. Intervjuerna var semistrukturerade och innehöll öppna frågor. En kvalitativ innehållsanalys enligt Graneheim och Lundman gjordes med induktiv ansats på manifest nivå.  Resultat: Resultatet presenterades i två kategorier: Ge tid att växa in i föräldrarollen och Arbeta för att stärka föräldrarollen. BHV-sjuksköterskorna erfor att föräldrarna genomgick en övergång mellan att barnet var  övervakat på neonatalavdelningen till att klara sig hemma själva. BHV-sjuksköterskorna stärkte föräldrarna genom att tidigt knyta kontakt med dem, erbjuda extra stöd och normalisera vardagen.  Slutsats:  BHV-sjuksköterskans erfarenhet var att övergången mellan neonatalvård till hemmet och BHV kan vara svår för föräldrarna, och det är viktigt att BHV-sjuksköterskan stöttar föräldrarna att bli trygga i sin vardag. / Background: Neonatal care is needed if the child is born prematurely or is sick at the time of birth. The child can be in need of care for a couple of hours up till several months. After discharge from the hospital, the Child Health Care (CHC)-nurses evaluate the child’s development regularly and provide support to the parents.  Aim: The aim was to describe the CHC-nurse’s experiences of caring for parents whose child has been admitted to neonatal care. Method: Eleven interviews were conducted with CHC-nurses in the southeast of Sweden. A qualitative content analysis according to Graneheim and Lundman was performed and had an inductive approach.  Results: The result were presented in two categories: Giving time to grow into the parenting role and The work of strengthening the parenting role. The experience of the CHC-nurse was that the transition from neonatal care to home life could be strenuous for the parents and the child health nurses strengthened the parents by making early contact, providing extra support and normalizing everyday life. Conclusion: The experience of the CHC-nurse was that the transition between neonatal care to the home life can be difficult for the parents, and it is important that the CHC-nurse supports the parents to become safe in their everyday life.

Cette thèse de doctorat a pour objectif d’examiner de quelles manières le rôle parental influence la consommation d’alcool des femmes et des hommes et plus précisément, si les relations dynamiques entre le rôle parental, les circonstances au sein desquelles il est mis en acte et les contextes immédiats de consommation permettent d’expliquer les différentes façons individuelles de consommer de l’alcool. Cette étude repose sur le constat qu’en alcoologie, il existe une tendance à considérer l’acteur et l’action comme étant détachés de leur cadre social immédiat. Conséquemment, il existe des limites importantes aux modèles permettant d’expliquer les mécanismes par lesquels les rôles sociaux influencent la consommation d’alcool. Afin d’avoir une meilleure compréhension sociologique de la consommation d’alcool, cette thèse propose un cadre théorique qui insiste fortement sur la nécessité de tenir compte de la situation. L’acteur agit en fonction de certaines circonstances (perception de conflit de rôles) au sein desquelles son rôle est mis en acte. L’action de boire est dépendante du contexte (caractéristiques spatiales, temporelles, symboliques et relationnelles) au sein duquel l’action se déroule. L’hypothèse générale de recherche stipule que pour comprendre la relation entre les rôles et la consommation d’alcool, il faut situer à la fois l’acteur et l’action. La validité empirique du cadre théorique a été testée à partir d’une analyse quantitative des données de l’enquête GENACIS Canada (GENder Alcohol and Culture: an International Study) ainsi que des données de l’Enquête sur les Toxicomanies au Canada. La présentation des résultats des analyses prend la forme de trois articles soumis pour publication. Les données analysées révèlent le bien-fondé du cadre de théorique proposé. Situer l’action a permis de constater que les contextes de consommation sont un médiateur de la relation entre le rôle parental et la consommation d’alcool et plus spécifiquement, que les parents boivent moins fréquemment de façon excessive que les non-parents parce qu’ils boivent dans des lieux différents. Situer l’action a aussi révélé que les femmes et les hommes ont tendance à adopter des comportements de boire qui s’accordent au contexte immédiat, plutôt qu’à la position qu’ils occupent. Par contre, observer les circonstances individuelles au sein desquelles le rôle parental est mis en acte n’a pas permis d’améliorer notre compréhension de la relation à l’étude. Les évidences scientifiques apportées par cette thèse de doctorat ouvrent la porte au développement de mesures préventives environnementales qui visent le contexte de l’action plutôt que l’acteur, pour limiter la consommation excessive d’alcool des femmes et des hommes. / The objective of this doctoral thesis is to examine how the parental role influences women and men’s alcohol consumption. More precisely, it explores whether the dynamic relationships between the parental role, the circumstances into which it is enacted and drinking contexts provide an explanation to the various individual manners to consume alcohol. This research is based on the observation that within the alcohol field, there is a tendency to treat social actor and the social action as if they were detached from their immediate social environment. Therefore, existing models that focus on the mechanisms through which social roles influence alcohol consumption are limited. To achieve a better sociological understanding of alcohol consumption, this thesis proposes a theoretical framework that highlights the necessity to take into account the situation. A social actor behaves according to certain circumstances (between-role stressors) into which his/her role is enacted. Drinking depends on the contexts (spatial, temporal, symbolic and relational characteristics) in which it occurs. The general hypothesis of this research postulates that to understand the association between social roles and alcohol consumption, both the social actor and social action need to be situated. The empirical validity of the theoretical framework has been tested from quantitative analyses of data from the GENACIS Canada (GENder Alcohol and Culture: an International Study) survey and data from the Canadian Addiction Survey. The results of these analyses are presented in three articles submitted for publication. The analyses reveal the legitimacy of the proposed theoretical framework. Situating the act of drinking has allowed to observe that drinking contexts are mediators of the relationship between the parental role and alcohol consumption and more specifically, that parents report to less frequent abusive drinking than non-parents because they drink in different locations. Situating the act of drinking has also revealed that men and women tend to consume alcohol in accordance with the immediate drinking context rather than their positional role. However, observing the circumstances into which individual enact their parental role has not improved our understanding of the relationship under study. The scientific evidences provided by this doctoral thesis open the door to the development of preventive environmental measures that focus on the immediate drinking context instead of the individual in order to reduce abusive drinking behaviors among both men and women.

Esta pesquisa focaliza a produção do analista austro-húngaro Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) voltada para o tema dos cuidados na primeira infância. Ela visa, em última instância, contribuir para aprofundar o conhecimento e a discussão a respeito das ideias de Reich no universo da pesquisa acadêmica. Com esse intuito, efetuamos um trabalho de articulação (aproximações e distanciamentos) entre as formulações de Reich e as do psicanalista inglês Donald Woods Winnicott (1896-1971), uma vez que o analista inglês se dedicou intensamente ao assunto cuidados na primeira infância. De início, realizamos um levantamento bibliográfico para identificar investigações endereçadas, de alguma forma, ao pareamento entre as ideias de Reich e Winnicott. A partir do material encontrado e do estudo das abordagens de Reich e Winnicott, elegemos quatro eixos de análise: a) potencial humano; b) o ambiente: responsáveis, funções e condições; c) concepção de saúde e o saber singular e d) possíveis efeitos das falhas nos primeiros cuidados. Em termos de resultados, algumas linhas de convergência entre as ideias de Reich e Winnicott foram sugeridas. Ressaltamos, nesse domínio, uma possível aproximação entre as noções de contato substituto (Reich) e falso-self (Winnicott). Por outro lado, distanciamentos também se fizeram presentes. Por exemplo, o psicanalista inglês procurou traçar os caminhos pelos quais, com base nas falhas nos cuidados iniciais, determinada psicopatologia poderia ser gerada. Já Reich abordou o assunto com uma orientação mais geral, sempre apontando os prejuízos globais ao organismo decorrentes de falhas nos primeiros cuidados / This research focuses on the production of the Austro-Hungarian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) with respect to the early childhood care. Primarily, it intends to help to deepen the knowledge of, and discussion on, Reichs ideas in the academic research universe. With this purpose, we conducted a work of articulation (proximities and distances) between Reichs formulations and those of the English psychoanalyst Donald Woods Winnicott (1896-1971), considering that Winnicott intensively studied the early childhood care. Initially, we conducted a bibliographic survey to identify investigations in any manner intending to establish a parallel between Reichs and Winnicotts ideas. Based on the material found and the study of Reichs and Winnicotts approaches, we elected four axes of analysis: a) human potential; b) the environment: persons responsible, functions and conditions; c) the conception of health and the singular knowledge, and d) possible effects of failures in the early childhood care. In the results, some lines of convergence between Reichs and Winnicotts ideas were suggested. In this regard, we point out a possible proximity between the notions of substitute contact (Reich) and fake self (Winnicott). On the other hand, distances were also found. For instance, Winnicott attempted to trace back the paths by which, based on such early caregiving failures, a certain psychopathology might be generated. Reich, instead, addressed the matter through a more general approach, always stressing the general harms resulting from early caregiving failures

O desejo materno é o responsável pelo funcionamento da função materna e já existe em um tempo anterior ao próprio surgimento do Eu da criança, ou seja, em um tempo em que o funcionamento psíquico desse sujeito recém-nascido está se esboçando. Diante disso, a função do desejo materno na constituição do sujeito é exercida pela nomeação, a qual oferece as bordas do que virá a ser o sujeito do desejo. Pode-se, então, dizer que o desejo materno e a maternagem são fatores estruturantes da vida psíquica de um bebê. Ao se acompanhar o desenvolvimento inicial da relação entre mãe e filho, há a possibilidade de planejar intervenções em caráter preventivo e, portanto, trabalhar com a saúde mental. O objetivo geral da pesquisa foi identificar, em três mães de filhos primogênitos e quatro mães de segundo filho, modificações nas expectativas, nos desejos e nos temores que tinham em relação a si e ao filho durante a gravidez e algum tempo depois de o mesmo ter nascido. Para tanto, por meio de múltiplos estudos de casos longitudinais, incluindo o reteste dos procedimentos de um trabalho anterior, este estudo exploratório utilizou-se da entrevista clínica e de aplicações do Desenho da Figura Humana, segundo a técnica de Machover, e das pranchas 1, 2, 4, 7MF, 8MF e 16 do Teste de Apercepção Temática, instrumentos estes de coleta de dados. A amostra foi composta por um grupo de 7 mulheres que já tinham dado à luz e cujas gestações foram estudadas, em etapa anterior, pelos mesmos instrumentos. A análise estrutural do material obtido por meio dos Testes Projetivos, seguida da análise temática do conteúdo da entrevista, resultou em uma interpretação psicodinâmica global que integrou todo o material do caso. Os procedimentos de análise foram repetidos para cada um dos sete casos os quais foram posteriormente comparados. Os resultados foram ilustrados com os protocolos clínicos obtidos, cujos recortes foram organizados - a fim de definir os movimentos do desejo e da posição materna antes e após o nascimento do filho - a partir de quatro categorias, a saber: a posição psíquica de mãe; suposição do sujeito; aspectos do desenvolvimento do filho da realidade e da relação entre mãe e filho; e relações na família e aspectos sócio-culturais. Após cuidadoso estudo do material, constatou-se que os sentimentos maternos são um conjunto complexo de fatores que interagem entre si, sobredeterminando-se. Soma-se a isso o fato de que cada sujeito materno é único e traz consigo uma história diferente que se modifica pela e na presença do filho. Após coletar dados longitudinalmente observou-se que o criterioso estudo da psicodinâmica das sete mulheres ao longo da gravidez, fazendo-se especial ressalva às contribuições do DFH e do TAT, já apontava para áreas potenciais de conflitos e dificuldades, assim como de facilidades, que poderiam interferir, e que assim o fizeram, no estabelecimento da relação mãe-filho / The maternal desire is responsible for the functioning of the maternal function and already exists even before the time when emerges the Self of the child, that is, at a time when the psychic functioning of the newborn subject is still being outlined. Therefore, the function of maternal desire in the constitution of the subject is performed by nominating and offers the edges of what will be the subject of desire. It is possible then to say that maternal desire and mothering are structuring factors of the psychic life of a baby. By following the initial development of the mother and child relation, it is possible to plan interventions of preventive characteristics and consequently work with mental health. The general purpose of this research was to identify, in three mothers of firstborn children and four mothers of second son, changes in expectations, desires and fears they had about themselves and about the child, during pregnancy and some time after they were born. For this purpose, through multiple longitudinal case studies, including re-testing procedures of previous work, this exploratory study carried out clinical interview and Human Figure Drawing applications, according to the technique of Machover, as well as the application of the pictures 1, 2, 4, 7GF, 8GF and 16 of the Thematic Apperception Test, as instruments of data gathering. The sample comprised a group of 7 women who had already given birth to their children and whose pregnancies were studied in previous phase, with the same instruments. The structural analysis of the material obtained from the Projective Tests, followed by thematic analysis concerning the contents of the interview resulted in an overall psychodynamic interpretation that integrated all the material of the case. The procedures of analysis were repeated for each of the seven cases, which were subsequently compared. The results were illustrated with the clinical protocols obtained, whose cuttings were organized - in order to define the movements of desire and maternal position before and after the birth of the child - based on four categories, namely: the psychic position of the mother; the supposition of the subject; aspects of the development of the son of reality, as well as aspects of the mother and child relation; and family relations plus socio-cultural aspects. After careful study of the material, it was observed that the maternal feelings are a complex set of factors that interact, overdeterminating themselves. It must be added to this, the fact that each maternal subject is unique and brings with her a different story, and that it is modified by and in the presence of the child. After collecting data longitudinally it was observed that the careful psychodynamics study of the seven women during pregnancy, with special exception to the contributions of the HFD and the TAT, had already pointed to potential areas of conflict and difficulties as well as facilities that could interfere, and did so, in the establishment of the relation mother-child

Esta pesquisa focaliza a produção do analista austro-húngaro Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) voltada para o tema dos cuidados na primeira infância. Ela visa, em última instância, contribuir para aprofundar o conhecimento e a discussão a respeito das ideias de Reich no universo da pesquisa acadêmica. Com esse intuito, efetuamos um trabalho de articulação (aproximações e distanciamentos) entre as formulações de Reich e as do psicanalista inglês Donald Woods Winnicott (1896-1971), uma vez que o analista inglês se dedicou intensamente ao assunto cuidados na primeira infância. De início, realizamos um levantamento bibliográfico para identificar investigações endereçadas, de alguma forma, ao pareamento entre as ideias de Reich e Winnicott. A partir do material encontrado e do estudo das abordagens de Reich e Winnicott, elegemos quatro eixos de análise: a) potencial humano; b) o ambiente: responsáveis, funções e condições; c) concepção de saúde e o saber singular e d) possíveis efeitos das falhas nos primeiros cuidados. Em termos de resultados, algumas linhas de convergência entre as ideias de Reich e Winnicott foram sugeridas. Ressaltamos, nesse domínio, uma possível aproximação entre as noções de contato substituto (Reich) e falso-self (Winnicott). Por outro lado, distanciamentos também se fizeram presentes. Por exemplo, o psicanalista inglês procurou traçar os caminhos pelos quais, com base nas falhas nos cuidados iniciais, determinada psicopatologia poderia ser gerada. Já Reich abordou o assunto com uma orientação mais geral, sempre apontando os prejuízos globais ao organismo decorrentes de falhas nos primeiros cuidados / This research focuses on the production of the Austro-Hungarian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) with respect to the early childhood care. Primarily, it intends to help to deepen the knowledge of, and discussion on, Reichs ideas in the academic research universe. With this purpose, we conducted a work of articulation (proximities and distances) between Reichs formulations and those of the English psychoanalyst Donald Woods Winnicott (1896-1971), considering that Winnicott intensively studied the early childhood care. Initially, we conducted a bibliographic survey to identify investigations in any manner intending to establish a parallel between Reichs and Winnicotts ideas. Based on the material found and the study of Reichs and Winnicotts approaches, we elected four axes of analysis: a) human potential; b) the environment: persons responsible, functions and conditions; c) the conception of health and the singular knowledge, and d) possible effects of failures in the early childhood care. In the results, some lines of convergence between Reichs and Winnicotts ideas were suggested. In this regard, we point out a possible proximity between the notions of substitute contact (Reich) and fake self (Winnicott). On the other hand, distances were also found. For instance, Winnicott attempted to trace back the paths by which, based on such early caregiving failures, a certain psychopathology might be generated. Reich, instead, addressed the matter through a more general approach, always stressing the general harms resulting from early caregiving failures