title: [Maternal bonding and infant attachment in women with and without social phobia].
abstract: To examine the association of maternal social phobia with maternal bonding and infant attachment in a prospective-longitudinal study (MARI study, N = 306).
  
  
  
  A subsample of 46 women with and without lifetime social phobia (Composite International Diagnostic Interview for Women, CIDI-V) and their infants was investigated. Mothers reported antenatal and postnatal bonding (MAAS, MPAS). Infants’ attachment classifications/behavior were observed in the strange situation test at 16 months after delivery.
  
  
  
  The rate of insecure attachment was higher in infants of mothers with social phobia (45.4 % vs. 33.3 %), and infants needed significantly more time to reconnect with their mothers during reunion in the strange situation (U = 160.0, p = .019). There were no group differences with regard to maternal bonding during pregnancy (t = -.151, p = .881) and after delivery (t = .408, p = .685) and resistant (U = 262.5, p = .969), avoidant (U = 311.5, p = .258) as well as contact-keeping behaviors (U = 224.0, p = .373) of the infant in the strange situation.
  
  
  
  Mothers with social phobia may transmit their inhibited behavioral disposition to their infants or fail to encourage their infants to interact with other people. Mothers with social phobia should be informed about the possible link of maternal avoidance behavior with adverse infant development and should be provided with information on treatment options.
authors.affiliation: 1 Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universität Dresden.|a Ariane Kraft und Susanne Knappe teilen sich die Erstautorenschaft.
authors.forename: Ariane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kraft
authors.affiliation: 1 Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universität Dresden.|a Ariane Kraft und Susanne Knappe teilen sich die Erstautorenschaft.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knappe
authors.affiliation: 2 Institut für Bewegungstherapie und bewegungsorientierte Prävention und Rehabilitation, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln.|3 Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Medizinische Fakultät, Technische Universität Dresden.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Petrowski
authors.affiliation: 1 Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universität Dresden.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petzoldt
authors.affiliation: 1 Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universität Dresden.|4 Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Medizinische Fakultät, Technische Universität Dresden.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martini
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D033261:Maternal-Fetal Relations / Q000523:psychology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D000072861:Phobia, Social / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019962:Reactive Attachment Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: anxiety disorder; attachment; bonding; prospective-longitudinal study; prospektiv-longitudinale Studie; social phobia