Maternal Rejection of the Young Child: Present Status of the Clinical Syndrome

Brockington, Ian

doi:10.1159/000325058

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“…The development of mother-infant emotional bonding is an extremely crucial process in the postpartum period (Brockington, 2011). Previous studies have found that some mothers do not immediately feel affection for their babies after their delivery; indeed, approximately 40% of primiparae feel indifferent about their newborn infants…”

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The Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire in Japanese Mothers

Kaneko¹,

Honjo²

2014

PSYCH

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The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ) in Japanese mothers. Additionally, we investigated the association between postpartum bonding and postnatal depression. The participants of this study were 1786 Japanese mothers, recruited during their infants' 3 months check-ups at a public health center. The mothers completed the PBQ and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). We examined the factor structure of the PBQ. However, we were unable to confirm the original 4 factors. A 1-factor solution was extracted by omitting 9 items that did not have significant loadings onto the single factor. According to the cut-off values of the original PBQ, the positive rate was 7.7%. The PBQ score was moderately correlated with the EPDS score. The abridged 16-item Japanese version of the PBQ can be used as a reliable screening tool during check-ups for Japanese mothers. Health practitioners should pay attention to mothers who have bonding disturbances at postpartum.

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The Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire in Japanese Mothers

Kaneko¹,

Honjo²

2014

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“…This paper is an update of the article entitled ‘Maternal rejection of the young child: present status of the clinical syndrome', published by Psychopathology in 2011 [1]. The author searched for recent literature, mainly using Google Scholar (based on key publications), because PubMed is unhelpful in this area of psychiatry.…”

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“…Depression during pregnancy and after the birth is a strong association. As for the infant's behaviour, several papers [1] have established a link between infant illness or disability and child maltreatment, but again, assessment of the intermediary - aversion to the infant - has been omitted. Impaired bonding or pathological anger has been linked to colic [179,180] or sleep disturbance [181,182,183], and some of this evidence is recent.…”

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Emotional Rejection of the Infant: Status of the Concept

Brockington

2016

Psychopathology

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Emotional rejection of the infant is a morbid, clinical phenomenon, central to mother-infant psychiatry. It occurs in about 1% of births in the general population, but much more often in mothers referred to specialist services. It has severe consequences for children, but responds well to treatment. It is now better recognized, but research is required, especially cohort studies and neuroscientific investigations.

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“…During this period, the parent-child relationship is crucial for the child's biological, cognitive, emotional, and social development (Belsky & Fearon, 2002;Feldman, 2007). One of the most important processes in the postpartum period is the postnatal bonding between the parents and the baby (Brockington, 2004(Brockington, , 2011).…”

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Peer Review #1 of "A single Spanish version of maternal and paternal postnatal attachment scales: validation and conceptual analysis (v0.1)"

Rosso¹

2018

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Background. Postnatal bonding constitutes a major process during the postpartum period and there is evidence that bonding difficulties have negative consequences for parents' mental health and the child's development. However, the conceptualization of postnatal bonding presents inconsistencies, as well as problems in having instruments that encompasses the father figure. The objective was to adapt the Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale (MPAS) and the Paternal Postnatal Attachment Scale (PPAS) to Spanish, to evaluate its validity and reliability and to analyze the construct dimensionality of both questionnaires from a gender perspective. Methods. Instrumental design. In 2016-2017, a sample of 571 mothers and 376 fathers, with children between six and eleven months of age, responded to the Spanish version of MPAS and PPAS, respectively. After the back-translation of the instrument, we empirically analyzed the internal consistency (Cronbach alpha, Composite Reliability) construct and concurrent validity (with regard to postpartum depression and dyadic adjustment). Additionally, we studied the instrument's content validity, using the Delphi methodology; and the differential analysis in both samples (mothers and fathers), examining the invariance. Results. A short version of 15 items was obtained, common for mothers and fathers. The results of the Delphi methodology showed a 100% inter-judge agreement, highlighting the absence of differences in the adequacy of the items as a function of the parents' gender. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit of three original factors proposed by the authors. The global Cronbach alpha coefficients in the total sample were adequate (mothers, .70; fathers, .78); and Cronbach alpha of each dimension in the case of mothers was .50 (Quality of bonding), .55 (Absence of hostility) and .60 (Pleasure in interaction); in the case of fathers, it was respectively .54, .64, and .72. Composite Reliability (CR) of each dimension were: Quality of bonding, .74 in mothers and .80 in fathers; Absence of hostility, .93 in mothers and .94 in fathers; Pleasure in interaction, .83 in mothers and .90 in fathers. With regard to the analysis of group invariance, the results revealed empirical evidence of configural and metric invariance. Concurrent validity showed moderate negative correlations for postnatal depression (mothers, r =-.41, p < .001; fathers, r =-.38, p < .001), and positive correlations for dyadic adjustment (mothers, r = .39, p < .001; fathers, r = .44, p < .001). Discussion. A new version of the instrument was generated, with good psychometric properties, adequate for use both with mothers and with fathers. This scale helps evaluate postnatal maternal and paternal bonding, allowing to study it from within the family system, a necessary step forward to advance

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Maternal Rejection of the Young Child: Present Status of the Clinical Syndrome

Cited by 56 publications

References 213 publications

The Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire in Japanese Mothers

The Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire in Japanese Mothers

Emotional Rejection of the Infant: Status of the Concept

Peer Review #1 of "A single Spanish version of maternal and paternal postnatal attachment scales: validation and conceptual analysis (v0.1)"

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