Primary School Ivan Gundulić , Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Croatia , Zagreb, Croatia.
J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2020 Sep;38(4):395-407. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2020.1733503. Epub 2020 Mar 2.
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.
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.
This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 241 Croatian mothers of infants aged between one month and one year (M = 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 .
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.
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.
母婴依恋是母亲和婴儿之间早期的情感联系。它受到一些方面的影响，如产妇的心理健康、婴儿的气质和夫妻关系的质量。
本研究旨在确定母亲产后抑郁和焦虑症状、婴儿气质以及夫妻关系质量与母婴依恋的关系。
本横断面研究对 241 名克罗地亚婴儿（年龄在一个月至一岁之间，M=6.34 个月）的母亲进行了研究。本研究使用的心理工具包括：产后依恋问卷、爱丁堡产后抑郁量表、抑郁焦虑压力量表、婴儿特征问卷和夫妻关系感知质量量表。
分层回归分析表明，以前的产妇抑郁超过两周、产后抑郁和焦虑症状以及婴儿气质困难和不可预测与自我报告的母婴依恋较差有关。在所检查的变量中，夫妻关系的质量与母婴依恋的关系最低。
鉴于母亲抑郁和婴儿气质对母婴依恋不良的重要性，可能需要早期干预和降低风险因素，以防止出现这种困难。
