PREDICTORS OF PARENTAL ATTACHMENT DURING EARLY PARENTHOOD

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作者
MERCER, RT
FERKETICH, SL
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO, DEPT FAMILY HLTH CARE NURSING, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143 USA
[2] UNIV ARIZONA, COLL NURSING, DIV FAMILY & COMMUNITY HLTH, TUCSON, AZ 85721 USA
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10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01813.x
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R47 [护理学];
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1011 ;
摘要
Parental attachment of 121 high‐risk women, 61 partners of high‐risk women, 182 low‐risk women, and 117 partners of low‐risk women, was studied at the first week postpartum and 8 months following birth The tests of theoretical models showed low predictive ability explaining from zero to 21% of the variance in parental attachment in the four groups over the two test periods Empirical respecified models predicting parent‐infant attachment at the first week postpartum and 8 months explained 31% and 29% of the variance among high‐nsk women, 69% and 45% among high‐nsk partners, 41% and 53% among low‐nsk women, and 35% and 38% among low‐risk partners Parental competence was a major predictor of parental attachment over all test periods for all four groups Early parent‐infant contact following birth was never a predictor except at 8 months when, among low‐nsk women, the opposite effect than that expected was observed; the later women held their infants the higher was their attachment High‐nsk women scored significantly higher than low‐risk women during the first week postpartum only Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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