Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
The effect of paternal anxiety on mother-infant bonding in neonatal intensive care
Originally published 2024-01-11 · BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s12884-023-06179-z ↗
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How can one parent's distress be studied alongside the other parent's sense of bonding?
The investigators assess paternal anxiety and maternal bonding at several time points following neonatal intensive care.
Who was studied?
Fathers, mothers and infants followed after neonatal intensive care
Age / stage: Discharge through the first year
Read with three questions
- How can one parent's distress be studied alongside the other parent's sense of bonding?
- What was measured at each observation, and what other influences might account for the link?
- Which features of the study population (fathers, mothers and infants followed after neonatal intensive care) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
Families entered this analysis following neonatal intensive care. Paternal anxiety and maternal bonding were observed, so their relationship cannot be attributed to paternal symptoms alone.
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Mark Ettenberger; Łucja Bieleninik; Andreas Størksen Stordal; Claire Ghetti (2024). The effect of paternal anxiety on mother-infant bonding in neonatal intensive care BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-06179-z
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