Conceptual and methodological issues in the study of Internal Representation: A commentary on Infant Mental Health Journal, volume 10.3
✍ Scribed by Stephen Seligman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 306 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-9641
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✦ Synopsis
This commentary raises issues about the current state of research on internal representation, using the Special Issue of the Infant Mental Health Journal on "Internal Representation and Parent-Infant Relationships" as a point of departure. Current research is praised for its emphasis on subjectivity and intersubjectivity in relationships, for integrating viewpoints from a variety of disciplines, and for the development of innovative investigatory approaches. At the same time, however, an overemphasis on quantitative methods is cited as possibly raising the risk of prematurely limiting an investigation of these issues that is broad-based enough to reflect their intricacy in actual experience. Instead, a more varied approach