- Titel
- Birth Experience Mediates the Association Between Fear of Childbirth and Mother-Child-Bonding Up to 14 Months Postpartum
- Untertitel
- Findings From the Prospective Cohort Study DREAM
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-908191
- Quellenangabe
- Frontiers in psychiatry
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Jahrgang: 12
E-ISSN: 1664-0640
Artikelnummer: 776922 - Erstveröffentlichung
- 2022
- Abstract (EN)
- Objective: To explore the longitudinal associations between prepartum fear of childbirth (FOC), birth experience, and postpartum mother-child-bonding, and the potential mediator role of the birth experience. Design: Women from the prospective cohort study DREAM completed questionnaires during pregnancy, 8 weeks, and 14 months after the birth. Participants: A community sample of n = 645 pregnant women from a large city in Eastern Germany participated in the study. Results: In a regression analysis, FOC predicted negative birth experience (β = 0.208, p < 0.001) which in turn predicted poorer mother-child-bonding both at 8 weeks (β = 0.312, p < 0.001) and 14 months postpartum (β = 0.200, p < 0.001). FOC also predicted mother-child-bonding at 14 months postpartum (β = 0.098, p < 0.05). Of note, this association was mediated by birth experience both at 8 weeks, indirect effect ab = 0.065, 95% CI [0.036, 0.098], and 14 months postpartum, indirect effect ab = 0.043, 95% CI [0.023, 0.067]. These effects remained stable even when adjusting for potential confounders. Key Conclusions: This study suggests that the association between FOC and mother-child-bonding is mediated by birth experience, pointing to the importance of a woman's positive subjective experience. Implications for Practice: Findings reveal two targets for peripartum interventions for women at risk for poor mother-child-bonding, namely the implementation of FOC screenings during pregnancy, and birth experience as mediating factor between FOC and mother-child-bonding. Focusing on the mother's subjective birth experience could aid to identify women at risk for impaired bonding who might need additional support.
- Andere Ausgabe
- Link zum Artikel der zuerst in der Zeitschrift „Frontiers in psychiatry” bei Frontiers Research Foundation erschienen ist.
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.776922 - Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Angst vor der Geburt, Schwangerschaft, Geburtserfahrung, Mutter-Kind-Bindung, Mediationsanalyse, DREAM Studie
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- fear of childbirth, pregnancy, childbirth experience, mother-child-bonding, mediation analysis, DREAM study
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 610
- Verlag
- Frontiers Research Foundation, Lausanne
- Förder- / Projektangaben
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
ID: GA 2287/4-1 - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
ID: GA 2287/4-2 - European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
ID: 18211 - Version / Begutachtungsstatus
- publizierte Version / Verlagsversion
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-908191
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 11.06.2024
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch
- Lizenz / Rechtehinweis
CC BY 4.0