Atmospheric Infancy

Tone Roald, Ida Egmose Pedersen, Kasper Levin, Simo Køppe

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Abstract

In this article we establish intersubjective meaning-making in infancy as atmospheric. Through qualitative descriptions of five mother–infant dyads in a video-recorded, experimental setting when the infant is 4, 7, 10, and 13 months, we discovered atmospheric appearances with a developmental pattern of atmospheric variations. These appearances, we argue, are contextual and intersubjective monologues. The monologues are similar to what Daniel Stern describes with his concept of “vitality affects,” but they arise as a unified force that envelops the mother and child. As such, we present a new way to address meaning-making in infancy.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftQualitative Psychology
Vol/bind8
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)311-327
Antal sider17
ISSN2326-3601
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 13 sep. 2021
Udgivet eksterntJa

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