A review of scales to measure the mother–foetus relationship

Bergh, Bea Van den; Simons, Annelies

doi:10.1080/02646830802007480

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“…This Cronbach's alpha value for the total scale concurs with previous reports in the literature (Lindgren, 2005;Muller & Ferketich, 1993;Van den Bergh & Simons, 2009). Nineteen of the 24 items in the MFAS related very well to the total scale, correlation values ranged between r = .32 and r = .66.…”

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“…While theoretically linked, empirical tests of the interaction between maternalfetal attachment and maternal health behaviors in populations other than women with HIV, or in homogeneous or low-risk samples, provide mixed results (Van den Bergh & Simons, 2009). Variations in measures of maternal-fetal attachment or maternal health behaviors, definitions of key concepts, timing of assessments during pregnancy, and number or type of predictor variables may explain the inconsistencies.…”

Section: Theoretical Link Between Maternal-fetal Attachment and Healtmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In contrast, other studies have found positive associations between maternal-fetal attachment and smoking and use of cocaine/heroin during pregnancy (Van den Bergh & Simons). Yet, four comprehensive reviews on maternal-fetal attachment (Alhussen, 2008;Cannella, 2005;Laxton-Kane & Slade, 2002;Van den Bergh & Simons) identify the relationship between this prenatal relationship and health practices during pregnancy as a critical knowledge gap and recommend exploring this association among vulnerable and culturally diverse populations of pregnant women.…”

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“…Iz različnih definicij navezanosti med nosečnico in plodom pa lahko sklepamo, da so avtorji pri opredelitvi koncepta izhajali iz vedenjskega sistema skrbi (Van den Bergh in Simons, 2009;Walsh, 2010). Avtorji so navezanost med nosečnico in plodom opredeljevali s čustvi, vedenji, zaznavami in mišljenjem, ki jih bodoča mati izraža do ploda (Condon, 1993;Cranley, 1981;Müller, 1993) z namenom njegove zaščite (Shieh, Kravitz in Wang, 2001).…”

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Vez med nosečnico in njenim nerojenim otrokom

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Mandić²,

Velikonja³

2017

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, Nataša Tul Mandić in Vislava Globevnik Velikonja Univerzitetni klinični center Ljubljana, Ginekološka klinika, Klinični oddelek za perinatologijo Povzetek: Vez med materjo in otrokom se začne vzpostavljati že pred rojstvom, se z napredovanjem nosečnosti krepi in je povezana s kvaliteto odnosa med materjo in otrokom po porodu. Kljub temu, da številni avtorji za opisovanje vedenj, čustev in zaznav, ki jih bodoča mati izraža do nerojenega otroka, uporabljajo izraz navezanost med materjo in plodom ali prenatalna navezanost, uporaba tega pojma ni ustrezna. Če upoštevamo Bowlbyevo in Ainsworthovo teorijo navezanosti, potem lahko odnos med materjo in nerojenim otrokom opišemo z vedenjskim sistemom skrbi. Namen prispevka je predstaviti dileme glede ustrezne terminologije, različne definicije, ocenjevalne lestvice ter dejavnike, ki so povezani z razvojem vezi med nosečnico in plodom. Ker je kvaliteta tega odnosa napovedni dejavnik številnih izidov za mati in otroka po porodu, morajo biti cilji prihodnjih raziskav usmerjeni v natančnejšo konceptualizacijo in definicijo pojma, v razvoj ustreznih merskih instrumentov ter v raziskovanje napovednih dejavnikov in dejavnikov tveganja. Abstract: The bond between a mother and a child starts to develop before birth, increases with the gestational age of the child and is related to the quality of postpartum mother-infant interaction. Even though the expression maternal-fetal or prenatal attachment is commonly used to describe the parent's emotions, behaviors and perceptions that are related to the fetus, its use seems to be unsuitable. Considering Bowlby's and Ainsworth's theory of attachment, the relationship between mother and her unborn child is guided by the caregiving system. The purpose of this article is to lay out the dilemmas about the terminology, to present different definitions, measurements and variables, related to the relationship between the mother and her fetus. This relationship is a predictor of various maternal and child outcomes postnatally, which is why the goals of future investigation should be directed towards greater clarity in conceptualization, definition and measurement of the concept, and in exploration of the risks and mediating factors.

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“…In order to give professionals useful tools, it is important to develop easy-to-use measurement scales, both for research and for clinical practice in health care [1][2][3]. Validity testing of scales is an on-going process, and a variety of methodological approaches should be used in order to understand what inferences can be drawn from the scale [4].…”

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confidence: 99%