Early infant temperament shapes the nature of mother-infant bonding in the first postpartum year
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081740%3A_____%2F20%3A00524916" target="_blank" >RIV/68081740:_____/20:00524916 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11210/20:10409336
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163638319302401" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163638319302401</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101428" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101428</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Early infant temperament shapes the nature of mother-infant bonding in the first postpartum year
Original language description
Objective: This study examined longitudinal relations between maternal bonding and infant temperament in the first nine months after birth. Design: Our sample consisted of 281 women, enrolled at five maternity hospitals, who completed questionnaires during the first week (T1), at six weeks (T2) and nine months postpartum (T3). Maternal bonding was assessed using the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale at T1 and T2 and the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire at T3. Infant temperament was measured using the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire, completed by the mothers at T2 and T3. Results: The results of a path model showed a long-term effect flowing from the child to the mother, with infant temperament at T2 predicting maternal bonding at T3 over and above stability in bonding. At T3, bonding was linked more strongly to child temperament at T2 than to child temperament assessed concurrently at T3. Maternal bonding did predict infant temperament, but this was true only of bonding reported at T1 and infant temperament at T2, that is, not of bonding assessed at T2 and infant temperament at T3. Conclusion: Our results indicate that maternal bonding in the first week postpartum may temporarily affect child temperament, but infant’s temperament several weeks after birth – rather than several months postpartum – plays a pervasive role in shaping the long-lasting nature of the mother-child relationship. Our findings thus seem to support the suggestion that the early postpartum weeks represent an important period in the development of maternal bonding.
Czech name
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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
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Infant Behavior & Development
ISSN
0163-6383
e-ISSN
1879-0453
Volume of the periodical
58
Issue of the periodical within the volume
únor
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
101428
UT code for WoS article
000525804200025
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85080142790