Table 4.

Pearson’s correlations of MIBQ subscale scores and EPDS, n = 751

		T1		T2		T3		T4		EPDS	EPDS	EPDS	EPDS
		LA	AR	LA	AR	LA	AR	LA	AR	T1	T2	T3	T4
T1	LA		0.21**	0.73**	0.20**	0.43**	0.06	0.48**	0.24**	0.14**
	AR			0.20**	0.48**	0.07*	0.27**	0.07	0.28**	0.25**
T2	LA				0.21**	0.46**	0.06	0.50**	0.22**		0.18**
	AR					0.14**	0.36**	0.18**	0.43**		0.25**
T3	LA						0.18**	0.66**	0.24**			0.17**
	AR							0.14**	0.38**			0.25**
T4	LA								0.26**				0.23**
	AR												0.33**

MIBQ, Mother-Infant Bonding Questionnaire, EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, T1 early pregnancy before week 25, T2 late pregnancy around week 36, T3 5 days after delivery, T4 1 month after delivery, LA lack of affection, AR Anger and Rejection

*p < 0.05

**p < 0.01