Antenatal maternal depressive mood and parental–fetal attachment at the end of pregnancy

Abstract

The present study investigates if mothers and fathers have similar ways of thinking and feeling about their babies during late pregnancy and how aspects of parental-fetal attachment are related to maternal depressive mood. Two hundred and ninety-eight Swedish-speaking women at 30-32 weeks of gestation and partners (n = 274) participated in the study. Socio-demographic background data were collected. Prenatal attachment was assessed with the maternal/paternal-fetal attachment scale (MFA/PFA), and depressive symptoms were assessed by the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS). MFA and PFA scores mirrored each other. After factor analysis, five different factors loaded somewhat differently for men were revealed as significant. These factors were (I) concerns about the fetus and health behavior, (II) mental preparation to take care of the unborn child, (III) experiences of pregnancy, (IV) experiences of fetal movements, and (V) naming of the baby. Factors III and IV were related to depressive symptoms. Mothers with slight depressive symptoms were somewhat less positive about the pregnancy but showed more attention to the fetal movements. Midwives should conduct interviews on the women's psychosocial history and use validated instruments, which may help them to identify problems with the psychosocial health of the mother and her partner as they journey through pregnancy and transition to parenthood.

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“…Construct validity: Factorial analysis (FA): five factor model (concern for the health and behavior of the fetus, mental preparation for caring for the child, the experience of pregnancy, experience with fetal movements, and baby's name). Shin, Kim Regarding the coefficients of the subscales, the variation found in the reviewed studies 17,18 was similar to that found in the validation of the original version (α=0.52 -α=0.73).…”

“…Two scales were identified for pregnant women: Maternal Fetal Attachment Scale (MFAS) 12,13,17,18 and Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (MAAS).…”

“…13,17,18 The paternal version ranged from α=0.85 to α=0.86. 17,18 These results corroborate the findings of the original version, whose total reliability was α=0.85.…”

“…13,17,18 The paternal version ranged from α=0.85 to α=0.86. 17,18 These results corroborate the findings of the original version, whose total reliability was α=0.85. Construct validity: Factorial analysis (FA): five factor model (concern for the health and behavior of the fetus, mental preparation for caring for the child, the experience of pregnancy, experience with fetal movements, and baby's name).…”

Gebelerin stresle başa çıkma tarzlarının anksiyete ve depresyon düzeyi ile ilişkisi

“…Şahin ve Kılıçaslan [13] depresyon ile kaygı düzeyi arasında pozitif ilişki olduğunu depresif duygu durumu olanların kaygı düzeyinin de arttığını belirtmiştir. Gebelikte depresyon prevalansı dünyada %18-58 arasında değişmekte [14][15][16][17][18][19], ülkemizde de %12-58 arasında görülmektedir [20][21][22][23][24][25]. Yapılan çalışmalarda gebelikte yaşanan duygusal gerilimin, özellikle kaygı ve depresyonun, gebelik ve doğum komplikasyonlarını artırdığı, yeni doğanın sağlığını olumsuz etkilediği, erken doğuma, düşük doğum ağırlığına ve intrauterin gelişme geriliğine neden olduğu bildirilmiştir [13,14,26,27].…”