The relationship between maternal psychopathology and maternal-fetal attachment: a cross-sectional study from the Czech Republic
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11120/25:43928255 RIV/00216208:11130/25:10496055 RIV/00216208:11210/25:10496055 RIV/00216208:11310/25:10496055
Result on the web
<a href="https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-024-02308-1" target="_blank" >https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-024-02308-1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-02308-1" target="_blank" >10.1186/s40359-024-02308-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The relationship between maternal psychopathology and maternal-fetal attachment: a cross-sectional study from the Czech Republic
Original language description
Background Maternal-fetal attachment might be associated with maternal mental health issues, but previous results have been inconsistent, particularly regarding prenatal anxiety. We compared maternal-fetal attachment between pregnant women with and without symptoms of antenatal depression and anxiety. Additionally, we examined the relationships between prenatal depressive and anxiety symptoms, psychosocial stress, and maternal-fetal attachment. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study involving a sample of 2,233 pregnant women. The data were collected between March 2021 and March 2023 at outpatient clinics in the Czech Republic. We used self-report questionnaires to assess symptoms of prenatal depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, EPDS), anxiety (Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale, PASS), psychosocial stress (Prenatal Psychosocial Profile, PPP), and maternal-fetal attachment (Prenatal Attachment Inventory - Revised, PAI-R). Results Women without symptoms of antenatal depression had higher total scores on the PAI-R (U = 336,357; p = .013) and on the PAI-R Interaction subscale (U = 322,913; p < .001), suggesting a higher quality of maternal-fetal attachment than women with symptoms. No other significant associations were found between antenatal depression, anxiety and the PAI-R subscales scores. Conclusions Our results suggest that women experiencing increased depressive, but not anxiety, symptoms in pregnancy, have a poorer quality of attachment to their child, although the effect size is small. Consequently, treating prenatal depression in women could have a positive effect on maternal-fetal attachment.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
BMC Psychology
ISSN
2050-7283
e-ISSN
2050-7283
Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
"Article number: 248"
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
1-10
UT code for WoS article
001444865700004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105000127174