Mother-infant bonding impairment across the first 6 months postpartum: The primacy of psychopathology in women with childhood abuse and neglect histories

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-38

  Muzik, Maria ^a   Bocknek, Erika London ^a   Broderick, Amanda ^a   Richardson, Patricia ^a   Rosenblum, Katherine L ^a   Thelen, Kelsie ^a   Seng, Julia S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Institute for Research on Women and Gender   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal childhood abuse and neglect history; Mother infant bonding; Parenting behaviors; Postpartum depression; Postpartum PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD NEGLECT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POSTPARTUM BONDING QUESTIONNAIRE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84872541225     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-012-0312-0     Document Type: Article

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