Abstract

Causal relationships between perinatal bonding failure, depression, and social support among mothers remain unclear. A total of 494 women (mean age 32.4 ± 4.5 years) completed the Mother-Infant Bonding Questionnaire (MIBQ), the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), and the Japanese version of the Social Support Questionnaire in early pregnancy before week 25 (T1) and 1 month after delivery (T2). Our model of recursive structured equation modeling (SEM) showed acceptable fit (CMIN/df = 2.2, CFI = 0.97, and RMSEA = 0.05). It was revealed that: (1) a lower number of supportive persons at T1 significantly predicted both MIBQ and EPDS scores at T1 and T2; (2) at T1, poorer satisfaction with the social support received significantly predicted EPDS scores; (3) both MIBQ and EPDS scores at T1 significantly predicted their respective scores at T2. Out cohort study indicates that the number of individuals who are available to provide social support and the degree of satisfaction with the level of social support received during pregnancy have a great influence on bonding failure and depression in the postpartum period. These findings suggest that psychosocial interventions that focus on these two aspects of social support during pregnancy are effective in preventing bonding failure and depression in the postpartum period.

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Title
Social support helps protect against perinatal bonding failure and depression among mothers: a prospective cohort study
Author
Ohara, Masako 1 ; Okada, Takashi 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Aleksic, Branko 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Morikawa, Mako 1 ; Kubota, Chika 1 ; Nakamura, Yukako 1 ; Shiino, Tomoko 1 ; Yamauchi, Aya 1 ; Uno, Yota 1 ; Murase, Satomi 1 ; Goto, Setsuko 2 ; Kanai, Atsuko 3 ; Masuda, Tomoko 4 ; Nakatochi, Masahiro 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ando, Masahiko 5 ; Ozaki, Norio 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan 
2  Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan 
3  Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan 
4  Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan 
5  Center for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan 
Pages
1-8
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Aug 2017
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08768-3
ProQuest document ID
1957294971
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.