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Paternal Postpartum Bonding and Its Predictors in the Early Postpartum Period: Cross-Sectional Study in a Polish Cohort.
Bieleninik, Lucja; Lutkiewicz, Karolina; Jurek, Pawel; Bidzan, Mariola.
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  • Bieleninik L; Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
  • Lutkiewicz K; GAMUT-The Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway.
  • Jurek P; Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
  • Bidzan M; Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Front Psychol ; 12: 628650, 2021.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33897536
Introduction: Parental postpartum bonding has been studied by many researchers focusing on maternal bonding. The objective of this study was to examine the psychological and socio-demographic predictors of paternal postpartum bonding in the early postpartum period. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 131 couples (fathers median age of 32.37 years, SD = 4.59; mothers median age of 30.23 years, SD = 3.90) of newborns from full-term pregnancies were recruited from November 2019 until March 2020. The primary outcome was paternal postpartum bonding as measured by the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ). Secondary outcomes included: maternal and paternal anxiety [with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Assessment]; maternal and paternal stress [with the Parental Stress Scale (PSS)]; maternal depressive symptoms [with the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS)]; and maternal and paternal socio-demographic variables as fathers' presence at childbirth, education level, age, and parental experience. Results: Paternal postpartum bonding was significantly correlated with paternal anxiety (moderate strength), maternal stress (strong correlation), and maternal postpartum bonding. No significant correlations between paternal postpartum bonding, maternal depression symptoms, and maternal anxiety were found. The mediating role of paternal stress in paternal postpartum bonding was proven. Paternal anxiety strengthens paternal stress (b = 0.98). Further, a high level of paternal stress disrupts paternal postpartum bonding (b = 0.41). Results of regression analyses have revelated that maternal infant bonding (p < 0.01) and paternal stress (p < 0.01) are the only predictors of parental postpartum bonding across all included variables. None of investigated socio-demographic variables were associated with paternal postpartum bonding. Conclusion: Notwithstanding limitations, the current findings add to a growing body of literature on paternal postpartum bonding. The results have shown that paternal mental health is related to parental postpartum bonding directly after delivery. Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04118751.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Front Psychol Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Polonia

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Front Psychol Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Polonia