… in the association of mother-infant relationship with … ’s psychological ability to become
mother may be threatened by the anticipation of suffering for her own child. Such psychological …

… The evidence of interference with pregnancy by hormonal mechanisms guided by
psychological conflict over conscious or unconscious renunciation of mother hood remains a moot …

… In the affective subtype of denial of pregnancy, we suggest … a mother because she rejects
the inherent mothering role that is … type of denial of pregnancy, is consistent with her refusal to …

… woman " s psychological well being, the transition to motherhood appears to be both
demanding and inherently stressful. The momentous physiological and psychological changes that …

… the mother's and child's psychological defense mechanisms. … defense mechanisms observed
from the mother's behavior. … psychological mechanism "denial" as approved. Hence, the …

… Or with the mother who doesn’t know what her husband is doing to their daughter? The
complex psychology of denial is the subject of my next chapter. The best-known psychological …

… (This, I think, is the best way to understand the girl's oedipal "rejection" of her mother.)
Such an arbitrary mechanism cannot break the underlying psychological unity, however. …

… in its depiction of a conscious and almost deliberate rejection of him. In this lapse of imagined
maternal perfection by way of birth complications and the absence of instant mother–child …

… and rejection of affection and eye gaze by mothers and … We hypothesised that mothers
would show no differences in … similar rejection or other behaviours coming from the mothers…

… mechanisms, mainly projective identification, to explain the denied pregnancy in our case.
The psychological processes of pregnancy denial … Our young mother immediately asked for …