Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Maternal Attachment Networks and Mother–Infant Bonding Disturbances among Mothers with Postpartum Major Depression
Originally published 2023-06-16 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/ijerph20126155 ↗
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How does a mother's network of close relationships enter research on infant bonding?
The analysis considers mothers' attachment networks alongside perceived difficulties in their new caregiving relationship.
Who was studied?
Mothers with postpartum major depression and their infants
Age / stage: Early postpartum
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- How does a mother's network of close relationships enter research on infant bonding?
- Whose observations or reports were used, and what competing explanations are compatible with them?
- Which features of the study population (mothers with postpartum major depression and their infants) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
The participants had postpartum major depression. Patterns linking adult attachment networks and mother-infant bonding in this clinical group may not describe families outside treatment.
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Stéphanie Vanwalleghem; Raphaële Miljkovitch; Aino Sirparanta; Camille Toléon; Stéphanie Leclercq; Anne-Sophie Deborde; Susana Tereno (2023). Maternal Attachment Networks and Mother–Infant Bonding Disturbances among Mothers with Postpartum Major Depression International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126155
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