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The role of breastfeeding and formula feeding regarding depressive symptoms and an impaired mother child bonding.
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- Maternal postnatal bonding and its risk factors: a longitudinal study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Perinatal determinants of depressive disorder profile in high-income women: testing current cut-off thresholds.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Psychological dilemmas and distress among Chinese primiparas during the postpartum transition underlying implicit cultural norms: a phenomenological inquiry.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Recent Advancements and Best Practices in Supporting Newborn Feeding: A Narrative Review.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2025Review
- Symptom network analysis of pregnancy stress, depressive symptoms and quality of life: a cross-sectional study of pregnant women in Xinjiang, China, 2023-2024.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Home visiting for postpartum depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Depression and correlates of suicidal thoughts among mothers who are female sex workers in three low- and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional application of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A Narrative Review of Culturally Informed Breastfeeding Interventions for African American Women.The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursingReview
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Abstract
Associations between depressive symptoms and breastfeeding are well documented. However, evidence is lacking for subdivisions of feeding styles, namely exclusive breastfeeding, exclusive formula feeding and a mixed feeding style (breastfeeding and formula feeding). In addition, studies examining associations between mother-child-bonding and breastfeeding have yielded mixed results. The aim of this study is to provide a more profound understanding of the different feeding styles and their associations with maternal mental health and mother-child-bonding. Data from 307 women were collected longitudinally in person (prenatally) and by telephone (3 months postnatally) using validated self-report measures, and analyzed using correlational analyses, unpaired group comparisons and regression analyses. Our results from a multinomial regression analysis revealed that impaired mother-child-bonding was positively associated with mixed feeding style (p = .003) and depressive symptoms prenatal were positively associated with exclusive formula feeding (p = .013). Further studies could investigate whether information about the underlying reasons we found for mixed feeding, such as insufficient weight gain of the child or the feeling that the child is unsatiated, could help prevent impaired mother-child-bonding. Overall, the results of this study have promising new implications for research and practice, regarding at-risk populations and implications for preventive measures regarding postpartum depression and an impaired mother-child-bonding.
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