A new Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale: links with early maternal mood

Some mothers find it hard to relate to their new baby, and such failure may have long-term effects on the infant. This has been a neglected area of research. A new simple 8 item self-rating mother-to-infant bonding questionnaire has been designed to assess the feelings of a mother towards her new ba...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of women's mental health 2005-05, Vol.8 (1), p.45-51
Hauptverfasser:	Taylor, A, Atkins, R, Kumar, R, Adams, D, Glover, V
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Affect Babies Care and treatment Causes of Depression, Postpartum - diagnosis Depression, Postpartum - epidemiology Female Humans Infant, Newborn London Maternal Behavior Mother and infant Mother-Child Relations Mothers Mothers - psychology Object Attachment Parent attitudes Postpartum depression Prospective Studies Questionnaires Reproducibility of Results Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
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Zusammenfassung:	Some mothers find it hard to relate to their new baby, and such failure may have long-term effects on the infant. This has been a neglected area of research. A new simple 8 item self-rating mother-to-infant bonding questionnaire has been designed to assess the feelings of a mother towards her new baby. A principal components and reliability analysis demonstrated an alpha score of 0.71. One hundred and sixty two women filled in the Kennerley Blues Scale, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) the Highs Scale and the new Mother to Infant Bonding Scale on day 3 postpartum. Twelve weeks later they were sent the EPDS and the Bonding scales again. One hundred and forty four returned all questionnaires. There was a strong correlation between the Bonding scores at 3 days and at 12 weeks (r(s)=0.54 p
ISSN:	1434-1816 1435-1102
DOI:	10.1007/s00737-005-0074-z