Rasmussen Ida Scheel, Auyeung Bonnie, Wilson Philip, Marryat Louise
The Research Unit for General Practice and Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2025 Jul 16. doi: 10.1007/s10578-025-01885-5.
It may be possible to identify infants at risk of developing behavioural problems and to intervene early to improve outcomes. Atypical mother-infant attachment could be one indicator of risk. The primary aim of this study was to examine the association between self-assessed mother-infant attachment and the offspring´s behavioural problems in childhood and early adolescence. This study was based on data from the first Growing up in Scotland (GUS) birth cohort (n = 2225). Mother-infant attachment was assessed with the Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale 10 months postnatally and child mental well-being was assessed with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire collected when the child was 7-8 years, 10-11 years and 12 years old. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the association between mother-infant attachment and mental health. Weaker reported mother-infant bonds were associated with later higher risk of child problems in most SDQ subscales at ages 7-8 and 10-11. For boys, some risks persisted until age 12, while all associations faded for girls. The study confirms a link between maternally reported weak attachment and behavioural problems, with the strongest effects in boys.
识别有发展行为问题风险的婴儿并尽早进行干预以改善结果或许是可行的。非典型的母婴依恋可能是风险的一个指标。本研究的主要目的是检验自我评估的母婴依恋与儿童期和青春期早期后代行为问题之间的关联。本研究基于苏格兰成长（GUS）首个出生队列的数据（n = 2225）。产后10个月时用母亲产后依恋量表评估母婴依恋，在孩子7 - 8岁、10 - 11岁和12岁时用长处与困难问卷评估儿童心理健康。采用多项逻辑回归来检验母婴依恋与心理健康之间的关联。在7 - 8岁和10 - 11岁时，报告的母婴关系较弱与大多数长处与困难问卷分量表中孩子日后出现问题的较高风险相关。对于男孩，一些风险持续到12岁，而对于女孩，所有关联均消失。该研究证实了母亲报告的依恋薄弱与行为问题之间的联系，对男孩的影响最为强烈。
