Ontological completion in the adult-infant system
Delafield-Butt, Jonathan (2018) Ontological completion in the adult-infant system. PsyArXiv Preprints. (https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/js3rz)
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Abstract
In this paper I explore the ontology of the mother-infant system to define moments of physiological and psychological co-operation that form one entity for the completion of 'units of process'. These moments of coupling between mother and infant form ontological wholes with shared consciousness. For example, in the case of extreme, acute neonatal anxiety a process is initiated by the infant requiring co-regulation with an adult other. The adult other provides closure to the process of anxiety, giving ontological completeness to the process. This process of initiation, build, climax, and closure is illustrated by the infant’s vocal cry, which parallels the regulatory process. The need for another in this particular processual unit demonstrates the infant in this event is not a distinct entity, but is embedded in a parent-infant system that together forms one unified whole.
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Delafield-Butt, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8881-8821;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 66879 Dates: DateEvent30 December 2018Published30 December 2018SubmittedSubjects: Medicine > Pediatrics > Child Health. Child health services Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Institute of Education > Education
Strategic Research Themes > Health and WellbeingDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 08 Feb 2019 14:46 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 12:13 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/66879