PREGNANT WOMEN'S RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY MATERNAL BONDING: ASSOCIATIONS WITH MATERNAL–FETAL ATTACHMENT AND BIRTH CHOICES. Issue 5 (6th August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Handelzalts, Jonathan E.; Preis, Heidi; Rosenbaum, Maya; Gozlan, Miri; Benyamini, Yael
• Is Part Of: Infant mental health journal. Volume 39:Issue 5(2018)
• Page Start: 511
• Page End: 521
• Publication Date: 2018-08-06
• Subjects: parental bonding -- maternal–fetal attachment -- birth‐related choices -- pregnancy -- transition to motherhood -- vínculo con progenitores -- afectividad materno‐fetal -- Opciones Relacionadas con el Nacimiento -- embarazo -- transición a la maternidad -- lien parental -- attachement maternel‐foetal -- Choix liés à l'accouchement et à la naissance -- Transition à la maternité -- elterliche Bindung -- mütterlich‐fetale Bindung -- geburtsbezogene Entscheidungen -- Schwangerschaft -- Übergang zur Mutterschaft -- 親との情緒的絆 -- 母親‐ 胎児の愛着 -- 出生関連の選択 -- 妊娠 -- 母性への移行。 -- 親子關係 -- 母胎依附 -- 與生育有關的選擇 -- 懷孕 -- 過渡為母 -- الروابط الوالدية ؛ تعلق الام والجنين ؛ الخيارات المتعلقة بالولادة ؛ الحمل و الانتقال إلى الأمومة; Infant psychiatry -- Periodicals; Infant psychology -- Periodicals; 618.9289
• DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21731
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0163-9641

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recollections of own maternal care measured by parental bonding were found to be important in the pregnant woman's construction of herself as a mother. Although these recollections were studied with regard to various variables, there is a dearth of studies associated with pregnancy and childbirth. In this cross‐sectional study, 341 pregnant women were recruited. Measures included a Sociodemographics–Obstetric History Questionnaire; the Childbirth Choices Questionnaire (H. Preis, M. Gozlan, U. Dan, & Y. Benyamini, 2018); the Parental Bonding Instrument (G. Parker, H. Tupling, & L.B. Brown, 1979); a question regarding the planned presence of the woman's mother at delivery; and the Maternal‐Fetal Attachment Scale (M.S. Cranley, 1981). Parental recollections of Care were associated with fewer natural birth choices (hence, a more "medicalized" delivery), lower maternal–fetal attachment, and a wish for the mother's mother to be present at the birth. Parental recollections of Encouragement of Behavioral Freedom in childhood were associated with more natural choices regarding childbirth. In addition, women with higher scores on the parental bonding Denial of Autonomy factor reported stronger maternal–fetal attachment. Thus, early recollections of experiences with caregivers as manifested in parental bonding may be a possible influence on the transition to motherhood, and working through possible difficulties associated with these recollections may improve adjustment to motherhood.