Table 5.
Predictors of bonding failure at T2 (N = 130)
| PBQ (T2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total score | Impaired bonding | Rejection and anger |
Anxiety about care |
Risk of abuse | |
| Marital status | 0.083 | 0.077 | 0.069 | 0.114 | -0.005 |
| Economic status | -0.013 | 0.003 | -0.094 | -0.065 | -0.042 |
| Years of education | -0.016 | 0.008 | 0.084 | 0.041 | -0.108 |
| Employment | -0.053 | -0.041 | -0.089 | -0.081 | 0.108 |
| Experience of birth | 0.044 | 0.067 | -0.027 | -0.015 | 0.021 |
| Nutrition | -0.143* | -0.093 | -0.083 | -0.109 | -0.125 |
| F.APGAR | -0.172* | -0.167* | -0.245** | -0.165* | -0.021 |
| RQ Secure | -0.074 | -0.065 | -0.169 | -0.067 | -0.059 |
| RQ Dismissive | 0.162* | 0.194* | 0.013 | -0.031 | 0.118 |
| RQ Preoccupied | 0.022 | -0.040 | 0.017 | -0.008 | 0.005 |
| RQ Fearful | -0.060 | -0.067 | -0.079 | 0.063 | -0.072 |
| EPDS (T1) | 0.154 | 0.208* | -0.004 | 0.174 | -0.083 |
| IES-R (T1) | -0.023 | -0.072 | 0.000 | 0.005 | 0.087 |
| PBQ (T1) | 0.520*** | 0.520*** | 0.537*** | 0.482*** | 0.257** |
| R^2 | 0.492 | 0.458 | 0.329 | 0.455 | 0.031 |
| F | 9.920*** | 8.787*** | 5.514*** | 8.689*** | 1.294 |
Multiple regression analysis
***p < 0.001 **p < 0.01 *p < 0.05
T1 1 month after delivery, T2 4 months after delivery, PBQ Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire, β standardized partial regression coefficient, R^2squared multiple correlation coefficient adjusted for the degrees of freedom, F.APGAR Family Adaptation, Partnership, Growth, Affection, and Resolve, RQ Relationship Questionnaire, EPDS Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale, IES-R Impact of Event Scale Revised