Unconscious dynamics in twin pregnancy emerging from the Lüscher color test
Francesca Savio1, Vincenzo Zanardo
1Policlinico Abano Terme, Division of Perinatal Medicine , Abano Terme , Italy.
Objective:
To investigate unconscious dynamics in women pregnant with twins, using Lüscher's color test to objectively measure subjective color preferences, and compare them with women with singleton pregnancies.
Methods:
The color test was administered to 50 Italian women with twin pregnancies and 100 women with singleton pregnancies.
Results:
Both the twin and singleton pregnancy groups said that violet was their favorite color (50 versus 49%) and brown was their least favorite color (52 versus 44%), indicating that they idealized being pregnant, but also found it physically stressful. The twin pregnancy group chose yellow as their second favorite (28 versus 17%) and were most likely to combine it with their first choice of violet (44 versus 19%, p=0.0006), indicating that they were worried about their relationships with their new babies and wanted to give birth soon. In addition, both groups preferred form 6, the sine curve on a dark background, but rejected the associated brown color 6, revealing that the women felt the need to look after themselves.
Conclusions:
Both groups idealized being pregnant, but also found it physically stressful. However, the twin pregnancy group was afraid of building relationships with their babies and wanted to give birth soon.
