Postnatal depression, maternal bonding failure, and negative attitudes towards pregnancy: a longitudinal study of pregnant women in Japan
Abstract
Postnatal depression and bonding failure after childbirth are major mental health issues. We investigated 99 pregnant women on three occasions (late in pregnancy and 5 days and 1 month postnatally). Anxiety during pregnancy predicted postnatal depression and bonding failure, whereas negative attitudes towards pregnancy predicted bonding failure. The effect of negative attitudes towards pregnancy on postnatal depression was possibly mediated by bonding failure. Postnatal depression and bonding failure are correlated with different risk factors and run rather independently over the course of the puerperium. Postnatal depression may be predicted by bonding failure.
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Maternal depression, anxiety, and stress identified during pregnancy have been linked with poorer mother-infant bonding early in the postpartum period and at 12 months postpartum.
“maternal depression, anxiety, and stress, identified during pregnancy, have been linked with poorer mother-infant bonding early in the postpartum period (Kokubu et al., 2012; Rossen et al., 2016), and also at 12 months postpartum (Le Bas et al., 2021).”
From Associations between maternal psychological distress and mother-infant bonding: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023) · cites this paper as Kokubu et al., 2012
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- Authors
- Kokubu, M., Okano, T., & Sugiyama, T.
- Affiliations
- Mie University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Kokubu, Masayo
- ORCID
- Sugiyama, Takashi
- Venue
- Archives of Women's Mental Health
- Published
- 2012-04-20
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 211-216
- ISSN
- 1434-1816 (ISSN-L)
- 1435-1102
- OpenAlex
- W2055492350
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Archives of Women s Mental Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Keywords
- postpartum depression, prenatal anxiety, postpartum period, maternal mental health, pregnancy, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Japan, Longitudinal Studies, Maternal Behavior, Mother-Child Relations, Mothers, Object Attachment, Pregnancy, Women's Health, Depression, Postpartum, Postpartum Period, Young Adult
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