Predictors of postnatal mother-infant bonding: the role of antenatal bonding, maternal substance use and mental health

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 609-622

  Rossen, Larissa ^a   Hutchinson, Delyse ^a,b,c,d   Wilson, Judy ^a   Burns, Lucy ^a   A Olsson, Craig ^b,c,d   Allsop, Steve ^e   J Elliott, Elizabeth ^f   Jacobs, Sue ^g   Macdonald, Jacqueline A ^b,c,d   Mattick, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maternal bonding; Mental health; Postnatal; Pregnancy; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SUBSTANCE USE; TOBACCO USE; ADOLESCENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957618905     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-016-0602-z     Document Type: Article

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