Correlates of prenatal and postnatal mother-to-infant bonding quality: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mother-to-infant bonding is defined as the emotional tie experienced by a mother towards her child, which is considered to be important for the socio-emotional development of the child. Numerous studies on the correlates of both prenatal and postnatal mother-to-infant bonding quality have been published over the last decades. An up-to-date systematic review of these correlates is lacking, however.

Objective

To systematically review correlates of prenatal and postnatal mother-to-infant bonding quality in the general population, in order to enable targeted interventions.

Methods

MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and PsychINFO were searched through May 2018. Reference checks were performed. Case-control, cross-sectional or longitudinal cohort studies written in English

SUBMITTER: Tichelman E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6759162 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature