The role of maternal mental health, infant temperament, and couple’s relationship quality for mother-infant bonding (CROSBI ID 275940)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Tolja, Renata ; Nakić Radoš, Sandra ; Anđelinović, Maja
engleski
The role of maternal mental health, infant temperament, and couple’s relationship quality for mother-infant bonding
Background: Mother-infant bonding is the early emotional connection between mother and infant. It is affected by some aspects of maternal mental health, infant temperament, and the quality of a couple’s relationship. Objective: This research aimed to determine the associations of the mother’s postnatal depression and anxiety symptoms, infant temperament, and the quality of the couple’s relationship with mother-infant bonding. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 241 Croatian mothers of infants aged between one month and one year (Mage = 6.34 months). The psychological instruments used in this study were: Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Infant Characteristic Questionnaire, and Perceived Quality of Marital Relationship Scale . Results: Hierarchical regression analyses showed that previous maternal depression longer than two weeks, postnatal depression and anxiety symptoms, and difficult and unpredictable infant temperament were associated with self-report of poorer mother- infant bonding. Of the examined variables, the quality of the couple’s relationship was in the lowest association with mother- infant bonding. Conclusion: Given the importance of, in particular, the maternal depression and infant temperament for poor mother-infant bonding, early intervention and the reduction of risks factors may be necessary to prevent the development of such difficulties.
mother-infant bonding ; postnatal depression ; postnatal anxiety ; infant temperament ; couple’s relationship quality
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Podaci o izdanju
38 (4)
2020.
395-407
objavljeno
0264-6838
1469-672X
10.1080/02646838.2020.1733503