The mother-baby bonding on premature ones that were hospitalized in a neonatal ICU: from the difficulties of the relationship to the benefits of the rooming-in

• Grant number: 16/23650-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2017
• End date: May 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Psychological Treatment and Prevention
• Principal Investigator: Jorge Luís Ferreira Abrão
• Grantee: Helena Rubini Nogueira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Considering the typical psychic development of an infant born from a full term pregnancy and the specificities and difficulties arising from premature birth that demand hospitalization on Neonatal ICU (Intensive Care Unit), this current research aims to comprehend the structuring of the mother-baby bonding in prematurity conditions inside of a hospital's Neonatal ICU that adopts the rooming-in. For such, weekly observations of 3 pairs will be held, according to Esther Bick's adapted infant observation method, in the ICU of the Regional Hospital of Assis, for approximately a month. All collected data will be analyzed through the psychoanalytic perspective. (AU)