ArticleFrontiers in global women's health2022
Subjective Birth Experience Predicts Mother-Infant Bonding Difficulties in Women With Mental Disorders.
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- Postnatal Bonding in the First Year After Birth: The Role of Maternal Depression, Resilience, and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic and War-Related Stress-A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Understanding the link between maternal childhood maltreatment and mother-infant bonding: postpartum depressive symptoms as a mediator.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Mistreatment and Discrimination during Childbirth, Associations with Symptoms of Childbirth-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Mediating Role of the Subjective Birth Experience: A Quantitative Analysis Within the Prospective Cohort Study RESPECTGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2025Article
- The mediating role of parent-child bonding for the prospective association of prenatal depressive symptoms with child development at 14 months postpartum.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Infant development at 14 months in the context of maternal objective and subjective birth experience and infant hair glucocorticoids.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- [Traumatic childbirth and trauma-sensitive obstetric support].Der Nervenarzt · 2023Review
- Moving Toward a Positive Birth: The Protective Role of Psychological Capital in Shaping Childbirth Experiences.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
Background: The subjective experience of giving birth to a child varies considerably depending on psychological, medical, situational, relational, and other individual characteristics. In turn, it may have an impact on postpartum maternal mental health and family relationships, such as mother-infant bonding. The objective of the study was to evaluate the relevance of the subjective birth experience (SBE) for mother-infant bonding difficulties (BD) in women with mental disorders. Methods: This study used data from Results: About half of this clinical sample (47.2%) reported a negative SBE; 56.8% of all mothers presented with severe mother-infant BD toward the baby. Mothers with BD showed not only significantly more depressiveness (EPDS: M = 16.6 ± 5.6 vs. 14.4 ± 6.2 Conclusions: A negative SBE is strongly associated with mother-infant bonding in patients with postpartum mental disorders. It needs to get targeted within postpartum treatment, preferably in settings including both mother and child, to improve distorted mother-infant bonding processes and prevent long-term risks for the newborn. Furthermore, the results highlight the importance of focusing on the specific needs of vulnerable women prior to and during birth (e.g., emotional safety, good communication, and support) as well as individual factors that might be predictive for a negative SBE.
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