ArticleArchives of women's mental health2021
Preconception depression and anxiety symptoms and maternal-infant bonding: a 20-year intergenerational cohort study.
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- Associations between maternal psychological distress and mother-infant bonding: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of women's mental health · 2023Pooled it
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- Preconception Learned Helplessness as a Cognitive Vulnerability to Lower Maternal Bonding Across the Perinatal Period.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Preconception Predictors of Next Generation Early Relational Health: A Living Review of Prospective Cohort Studies.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Review
- Population Perspectives on Nurturing Relational Health from Early Life: A Systematic Review Series.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Article
- Maternal bonding difficulties and postpartum depression in pediatric clinical practice: a longitudinal study in a Japanese cohort.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Amphetamine use and mental health difficulties across adolescence and young adulthood: An integrative data analysis of four Australasian cohort studies.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Observational
- Developmental cascades from maternal preconception stress to child behavior problems: Testing multilevel preconception, prenatal, and postnatal influences.Developmental psychology · 2024Article
- A Network Analysis of Multiple Preconception Health Behaviors in Chinese Women.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Potential Benefits of Anthocyanins in Chronic Disorders of the Central Nervous System.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Exposure to War Prior to Conception: Maternal Emotional Distress Forecasts Sex-Specific Child Behavior Problems.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Psychological Interventions for Prenatal Anxiety in Latinas and Black Women: A Scoping Review and Recommendations.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Early maternal-infant bonding problems are often forerunners of later emotional and behavioural difficulties. Interventions typically target the perinatal period but many risks may be established well before pregnancy. Here we examine the extent to which adolescent and young adult depression and anxiety symptoms predict perinatal maternal-infant bonding difficulties. The Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS, est. 2006) is following offspring born to the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study (VAHCS; est. 1992). VAHCS participants were assessed for depression and anxiety symptoms nine times during adolescence and young adulthood (age 14-29 years), and then contacted bi-annually (from age 29-35 years) to identify pregnancies. The Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ) was administered to mothers at 2 and 12 months postpartum. A total of 395 women (606 infants) completed the 2-month and/or 12-month postpartum interviews. For most infants (64%), mothers had experienced depression and/or anxiety before pregnancy. Preconception depression and anxiety symptoms that persisted from adolescence into young adulthood predicted maternal-infant bonding problems at 2 months (β = 0.30, 95% CI 0.04, 0.55) and 12 months postpartum (β = 0.40, 95% CI 0.16, 0.63). Depression and anxiety symptoms occurring in young adulthood only, also predicted bonding problems at 12 months postpartum (β = 0.37, 95% CI 0.02, 0.71). Associations between preconception depression and anxiety symptoms and anxiety-related maternal-infant bonding problems at 12 months postpartum remained after adjustment for antenatal and concurrent postpartum depressive symptoms. This study puts forward a case for extending preconception health care beyond contraception and nutrition to a broader engagement in supporting the mental health of young women from adolescence.
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