British Psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott postulated the theory that, immediately after giving birth, the mother becomes fixated with the infant to the point where everything and everyone else plays a secondary role. This, he theorized, made her even more sensitive to the infant's needs.
PRIMARY MATERNAL PREOCCUPATION: "Primary Maternal Preoccupation on Maria's pat was so powerful, that her husband began to feel ignored."
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "PRIMARY MATERNAL PREOCCUPATION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/primary-maternal-preoccupation/ (accessed August 1, 2021).
