Table I.
Factorial structure of maternal–foetal attachment subscales.
| Item | Factor loadings | |
|---|---|---|
| Factor 1 | Factor 2 | |
| I can hardly wait to hold the baby. | 0.625 | |
| I can almost guess what the baby’s personality will be from the way he/she moved around. | 0.615 | |
| It seems the baby kicks and moves to tell me it’s eating time. | 0.604 | |
| I wonder if the baby thinks and feels ‘things’ inside of me. | 0.578 | |
| I poke the baby to get him/her to poke back. | 0.535 | |
| I talk to the unborn baby. | 0.506 | |
| I wonder if the baby can hear inside of me. | 0.500 | |
| I imagine myself taking care of the baby. | 0.477 | |
| I decided on a name for a baby boy | 0.436 | |
| I refer to the baby by a nickname | 0.408 | |
| I give up doing certain things because I want to help the baby. | 0.702 | |
| I eat meat and vegetables to be sure the baby gets a good diet. | 0.701 | |
| I do things to try to stay healthy that I would not do if I were not pregnant. | 0.502 | |
| I stroke my tummy to quiet the baby when there is too much kicking. | 0.497 | |
| I try to picture what the baby will look like. | 0.482 | |
Note: Rotated component matrix for the attachment scale; extraction method was principal component analysis, and rotation method was Varimax; only factor loadings over 0.40 are shown. Hindi version utilized in the study amended the items from ‘my baby’ to ‘the baby’ for all items.