Maternal attachment style and depression associated with childbirth ; preliminary results from a European and US cross-cultural study
Bifulco, Antonia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8316-9706, Figueiredo, Barbara, Guedeney, Nicole, Gorman, Laura L., Hayes, Sandra, Muzik, Maria, Glatigny-Dallay, Elisabeth, Valoriani, Vania, Kammerer, Martin H. and Henshaw, Carol A.
(2004)
Maternal attachment style and depression associated with childbirth ; preliminary results from a European and US cross-cultural study.
The British Journal of Psychiatry, 184
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s31-s37.
ISSN 0007-1250
[Article]
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Insecure attachment style relates to major depression in women, but its relationship to depression associated with childbirth is largely unknown. A new UK-designed measure, the Attachment Style Interview (ASI), has potential for cross-cultural use as a risk marker for maternal disorder.
AIMS:
To establish there liability of the ASI across centres, its stability over a 9-month period, and its associations with social context and major or minor depression.
METHOD:
The ASI was used by nine centres antenatally on 204 women, with 174 followed up 6 months postnatally. Interrater reliability was tested and the ASI was repeated on a subset of 96 women. Affective disorder was assessed by means of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV.
RESULTS:
Satisfactory interrater reliability was achieved with relatively high stability rates at follow-up. Insecure attachment related to lower social class position and more negative social context. Specific associations of avoidant attachment style (angry-dismissive or withdrawn) with antenatal disorder, and anxious style (enmeshed or fearful) with postnatal disorder were found.
CONCLUSIONS:
The ASI can be used reliably in European and US centres as a measure for risk associated with childbirth. Its use will contribute to theoretically under pinned preventive action for disorders associated with childbirth.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Supplement 46 |
Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology > Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology |
Item ID: | 12536 |
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Depositing User: | Natasa Blagojevic-Stokic |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2014 07:23 |
Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2020 16:06 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/12536 |
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