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Daniel Stern was born on August 16, 1934 in New York City. His wife, Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, is a pediatrician and child psychiatrist, and the Director of the Brazelton Centre of Switzerland. He and Nadia coauthored The Birth of the Mother: How the Motherhood Experience Changes You Forever (1998). His extensive use of empirical observation of the interactions between infants and their mothers formed the basis of his developmental theory. His ideas have served to challenge many long-held beliefs within the field of psychoanalytic developmental psychology.
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Palombo, J., Koch, B.J., Bendicsen, H.K. (2009). Daniel Stern (1934–). In: Guide to Psychoanalytic Developmental Theories. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88455-4_13
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