Maternal-fetal attachment: influence of mother-daughter and husband-wife relationships.
Intergenerational attachment relationships between the pregnant woman and her mother, her husband, and her fetus were examined. Self-completed instruments were used to measure the attachment variables for a convenience sample of 115 middle-class mothers who attended urban prenatal classes. Results supported the hypothesis that mother-daughter and husband-wife attachment were correlated positively. Contrary to study predictions, maternal-fetal attachment scores were not related to mother-daughter and husband-wife attachment scores. Maternal-fetal attachment was related to length of gestation. Results provide only partial support for the intergenerational model of attachment relationships.
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Nursing 53201.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008423:Maternal Age; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis