title: Postnatal depression, maternal bonding failure, and negative attitudes towards pregnancy: a longitudinal study of pregnant women in Japan.
abstract: Postnatal depression and bonding failure after childbirth are major mental health issues. We investigated 99 pregnant women on three occasions (late in pregnancy and 5 days and 1 month postnatally). Anxiety during pregnancy predicted postnatal depression and bonding failure, whereas negative attitudes towards pregnancy predicted bonding failure. The effect of negative attitudes towards pregnancy on postnatal depression was possibly mediated by bonding failure. Postnatal depression and bonding failure are correlated with different risk factors and run rather independently over the course of the puerperium. Postnatal depression may be predicted by bonding failure.
authors.affiliation: Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 1577 Kurimamachiya, Tsu, Mie, Japan. mako1069@kpd.biglobe.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masayo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kokubu
authors.forename: Tadaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007564:Japan; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult