No: 33-34 / EVALUATION OF THE NARCISSISTIC INVESTMENTS DURING THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

  • EVALUATION OF THE NARCISSISTIC INVESTMENTS DURING THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

    Duygu Kaya
    Summary :

    This study analyses the psychic world of the women in the pregnancy period within the narcissistic line. Pregnancy period is defined as a period in which a woman?s interest shifts from the outside world to her inner world and fantasies. A woman identifies with her unborn child in her pregnancy period. Through this, with the effect of the pregnancy narcissism, she could experience the fetus as an appendage which gives pleasure to her self. Within the context of this study, the narcissistic investments of a woman with no psychopatology background and experiencing her first pregnancy were evaluated during the first trimester of normal pregnancy via psychoanalytically oriented semi-structured interview, Rorschach Test and Thematic Apperception Test. The results of the projective tests were evaluated by content analyses specific to the French School.

    Keywords : Perinatality, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Narcissism, Projective Tests.