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Postnatal depression, maternal bonding failure, and negative attitudes towards pregnancy: a longitudinal study of pregnant women in Japan

Authors: Masayo Kokubu, Tadaharu Okano, Takashi Sugiyama

Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health | Issue 3/2012

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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Title: Postnatal depression, maternal bonding failure, and negative attitudes towards pregnancy: a longitudinal study of pregnant women in Japan
Authors: Masayo Kokubu
Tadaharu Okano
Takashi Sugiyama
Publication date: 01-06-2012
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 1434-1816
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-012-0279-x

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