A new mother-to-infant bonding scale: Links with early maternal mood

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Taylor, A ^a   Atkins, R ^a   Kumar, R ^b   Adams, D ^c   Glover, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blues; Highs; Mother infant bonding; Postnatal depression; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOOD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AFFECT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 21044443922     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-005-0074-z     Document Type: Article

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