A single Spanish version of maternal and paternal postnatal attachment scales: validation and conceptual analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postnatal bonding constitutes a major process during the postpartum period, and there is evidence that bonding difficulties have negative consequences for parents' mental health and the child's development. However, the conceptualization of postnatal bonding presents inconsistencies, as well as problems in having instruments that encompasses the father figure. The objective was to adapt the maternal postnatal attachment scale (MPAS) and the paternal postnatal attachment scale (PPAS) to Spanish, to evaluate its validity and reliability and to analyze the construct dimensionality of both questionnaires from a gender perspective.

Methods

Instrumental design. In 2016-2017, a sample of 571 mothers and 376 fathers, with children between 6 and 11 months of age, responded

SUBMITTER: Riera-Martin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6276590 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature