Table 2.

Correlation between variables and the MAAS. r value – Pearson correlation coefficient

Variable	General attachment (GA)		Time spent in attachment (TA)		Quality of attachment (QA)
	r value	p value	r value	p value	r value	p value
Age	–0.08	0.23	–0.12	0.06	–0.003	0.964
Education	–0.197	0.003	–0.197	0.003	–0.138	0.04
Mothers who were elder in the family birth order	0.108	0.11	0.148	0.028	0.029	0.668
Number of previous pregnancies	0.032	0.636	0.013	0.847	0.068	0.315
Previous spontaneous abortions	0.084	0.214	0.026	0.701	0.118	0.08
Planned pregnancy	–0.024	0.768	–0.05	0.46	–0.019	0.779
Gestational age	0.133	0.048	0.041	0.54	0.178	0.008
Obstetrical issues during pregnancy	0.01	0.11	0.167	0.013	0.019	0.77
RAAS	0.149	0.03	0.057	0.46	0.201	0.002
Index of happiness	0.165	0.017	0.106	0.13	0.173	0.011
ANRQ	–0.073	0.287	0.033	0.65	0.144	0.032