ArticleNutrients2021
Exclusive Breastfeeding Is Not Associated with Maternal-Infant Bonding in Early Postpartum, Considering Depression, Anxiety, and Parity.
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- Breastfeeding in Women with Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Parental postpartum depression directly and indirectly affects exclusive breastfeeding: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Breastfeeding difficulties and maternal-infant bonding at three months postpartum in a Turkish cohort.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Primiparity, older maternal age, COVID-19 pandemic, twin birth, and winter birth are associated with lower exclusive breastfeeding in Japanese mothers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association between postpartum anxiety and depression and exclusive and continued breastfeeding practices: a cross-sectional study in Nevada, USA.International breastfeeding journal · 2025Article
- Perinatal Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal-Infant Bonding in Women With Anxiety Symptoms in Pakistan: The Moderating Role of Breastfeeding.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
- Receiving screened donor human milk as part of a community-based lactation support programme reduces parental symptoms of anxiety and depression.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- The role of breastfeeding and formula feeding regarding depressive symptoms and an impaired mother child bonding.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- High care and low overprotection from both paternal and maternal parents predict a secure attachment style with a partner among perinatal Japanese women.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Relationships among autistic traits, depression, anxiety, and maternal-infant bonding in postpartum women.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Role of Intrapartum Social Support in Preventing Postpartum Depression.The Journal of perinatal education · 2023Article
- The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on breastfeeding self-efficacy: A path analysis.Enfermeria clinica · 2023Article
- The three-factor structure of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient Japanese version in pregnant women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Factor structure of the parental bonding instrument for pregnant Japanese women.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Their Selected Psychological Predictors in Breast-, Mixed and Formula-Feeding Mothers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Identification of Bonding Difficulties in the Peripartum Period Using the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale-Japanese Version and Its Tentative Cutoff Points.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2021Article
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It is important to clarify how the breastfeeding method affects women's mental health, and how women's mental health affects the breastfeeding method in the early postpartum period when major depression and other psychiatric problems are most likely to occur. This study aimed to examine this bidirectional relationship in the early postpartum period. Participants were 2020 postpartum women who completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale (MIBS). We obtained data for participants' breastfeeding method for four weeks after childbirth. We performed a path analysis with factors including breastfeeding method (exclusive breastfeeding or non-exclusive breastfeeding), parity (primipara or multipara), the two HADS subscales (anxiety and depression), and the two MIBS subscales (lack of affection and anger and rejection). The path analysis showed that breastfeeding method did not significantly affect depression, anxiety, and maternal-infant bonding in the early postpartum period. Women with higher anxiety tended to use both formula-feeding and breastfeeding. Our study suggests that exclusive breastfeeding is not associated with maternal-fetal bonding in early postpartum, considering depression, anxiety, and parity.
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