%0 Journal Article
%T The outside view as facilitator of self-reflection and vitality: A phenomenological approach
%J Journal of reproductive and infant psychology
%D 2009
%A Vik, Kari
%A Hafting, Marit
%V 27
%N 3
%P 287-287
%X Fifteen mothers displaying depressive symptoms six weeks after giving birth were recruited from a health centre and participated in a study using the Marte Meo intervention method. Subsequent findings were promising; the mothers' viewing their interaction with their babies seemed to be the key to facilitating self-reflection, a renewed sense of vitality and increased capacity for mentalisation. This viewing thus had an overall positive influence on increasing sensitive mother-child interaction and decreasing maternal depressive symptoms. A conceptual model is outlined.  Keywords: postnatal depression; video interaction guidance; phenomenological approach; Marte Meo method; mother-baby interaction; qualitative analyses; self-reflection; mentalisation<p />
%G 
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 0264-6838
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02646830802409645