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The relationship between women’s childbirth experiences and their maternal attachment and the risk of postpartum depression

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Muslu A., Kilci Erciyas Ş., Cindaş P., Ünsal Atan Ş.

European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

2022

issue 4

435-442

Introduction and aim. This descriptive study was conducted to examine the effects of the childbirth experiences of mothers on their maternal attachment and postnatal depression. Material and methods. The study was conducted with 315 mothers who agreed to participate in the study in Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital between 2 September 2019 and 25 February 2020. A “Personal Information Form”, “Childbirth Expectation and Experience Questionnaire (CEEQ)”, “Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI)”, and “Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)” were used to collect data. The data were analyzed with the IBM SPSS v23 program. Independent-samples t test, oneway analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Pearson’s correlation test were used in the analyses. Results. The mean postpartum depression mean score of the participants was 4.3±5.9, and 23% of them were at risk of depression. The mean maternal attachment score of participants was determined as 85.2±4.6, and their mean birth experience score was 3.0±3.1. A positive and significant relationship was found between more than half of the items of Childbirth Expectation and Experience Questionnaire and general satisfaction (p≤0.05). The childbirth experience scores of the participants were not significantly related to their maternal attachment and postpartum depression scores (p>0.05). Conclusion. In this study, no significant relationship was found between the childbirth experiences of women and their maternal attachment or postpartum depression levels.

The relationship between mothers’ attachment style, mindful parenting, and the perception of their child

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Szabó B., Futó J., Miklósi M.

Československá psychologie (Czechoslovak Psychology)

2023

vol. 67

issue 5

260-272

Objectives. Maternal attachment style plays a major role in the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology. Previous studies indicated that a secure attachment style is associated with higher levels of mindfulness and higher quality of parent-child relationship. However, most of these studies assessed general mindfulness instead of mindful parenting. This study aimed to explore the relationship between the mothersʼ attachment style, mindful parenting, and perception of their child. Sample and settings. One hundred forty-four mothers who had a child below the age of three years completed self-report questionnaires, including a demographic questionnaire, the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ), the Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting Scale (IMP), and the Mothersʼ Object Relations Scale (MORS-SF). Hypotheses. The authors hypothesized that mothers with insecure attachment styles and a lower level of mindful parenting would have more invasive and less warm representations of their children than mothers with a secure attachment style and a higher level of mindful parenting. Statistical analyses. The authors conducted two mediation analyses with Mothersʼ Object Relations Scale warmth and invasion subscales as dependent variables, the motherʼs attachment style as an independent variable and mindful parenting as a mediator. Results. In the mediation analysis, the direct effects of the mothersʼ attachment style on the perception of the child were not significant. However, the indirect effects through mindful parenting were significant; a higher level of mindful parenting was associated with higher levels of MORS-SF warmth and lower levels of MORS-SF invasion. These findings suggest that attachment styles are related to the perception of the child through mindful parenting. Mindfulness-based parental training programs might be helpful in improving the parent-child relationship in case of attachment-related problems. Limitations. Cross-sectional design and the use of self-report measures are the main limitations of the current study.

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1 Muslu A.

1 Szabó B.

1 Ünsal Atan Ş.

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The relationship between women’s childbirth experiences and their maternal attachment and the risk of postpartum depression

The relationship between mothers’ attachment style, mindful parenting, and the perception of their child