Rethinking Intrusiveness: Exploring the Sequential Organization in Interactions Between Infants and Mothers
Valentina Fantasia1,2, Laura Galbusera3,4, Corinna Reck5
1Department of Social and Developmental Psychology LInC-Interaction & Culture Laboratory, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Frontiers in Psychology
|August 10, 2019
Summary
Maternal postpartum depression (PPD) is not caused by single behaviors but by disruptions in interactional norms like rhythm and preliminaries. Understanding these dynamics improves infant participation and relational health.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Interaction
Background:
- Previous research on postpartum depression (PPD) focused on isolated maternal behaviors.
- Intrusiveness was identified as a key dysfunctional behavior in PPD.
- Existing studies overlooked the co-constructed and sequential nature of mother-infant interactions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the interactional dynamics underlying behaviors previously labeled as intrusive in PPD.
- To shift focus from individual maternal behaviors to the unfolding of interactional aspects.
- To understand how interactional norms influence infant participation.
Main Methods:
- Conversation analytical approach applied to filmed mother-infant interactions.
- Analysis of interactions between mothers with and without PPD and their 3-month-old infants.
- Examination of 4 selected interactional episodes.
Main Results:
- Identified two normative features: interactional rhythm and preliminaries.
- Interactional rhythm structures infant activity into turn-taking.
- Preliminaries involve moves anticipating subsequent actions.
Conclusions:
- "Intrusive" behaviors stem from the absence or violation of interactional norms, not isolated actions.
- Interactional rhythm and preliminaries shape the quality of mutual adjustment and attunement.
- A conversation analytical framework offers deeper insights into relational dynamics in PPD.
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