Stanton F, Golombok S
Department of Social Sciences, City University, London, UK.
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 1993 Jun;14(2):153-8. doi: 10.3109/01674829309084438.
The aim of the study was to examine the degree of anxiety experienced by pregnant women who had conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF), as well as their attitudes towards the pregnancy and the strength of their attachment to the fetus. Fifteen women who had conceived by IVF were compared with 20 women who had conceived without assistance. Each woman was administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Childbearing Attitudes Questionnaire and the Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale. While the two groups of expectant mothers did not differ on these measures, a clear relationship was found for all of the women combined between general attitudes towards childbearing and attachment to the fetus, showing that women who are less positive about pregnancy, childbirth and childcare show weaker attachment to their unborn child.
该研究的目的是调查通过体外受精（IVF）受孕的孕妇所经历的焦虑程度，以及她们对怀孕的态度和与胎儿的情感联结强度。将15名通过IVF受孕的女性与20名自然受孕的女性进行比较。每位女性都接受了状态-特质焦虑量表、生育态度问卷和母婴依恋量表的测试。虽然两组准妈妈在这些测量指标上没有差异，但在所有女性中发现，对生育的总体态度与对胎儿的依恋之间存在明显的关系，这表明对怀孕、分娩和育儿不太积极的女性对未出生孩子的情感联结较弱。
