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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2021 Mar 17;144:110424. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110424

Table B1.

Ten items used to measure maternal-infant bonding at 1, 6 and 12 months postpartum and corrected item-total correlations at 1-month postpartum

Scoring All of the time Most of the time Some of the time A little of the time None of the time Corrected item-total correlation
1. I feel close to my baby Reverse 1 2 3 4 5 0.515
2. I wish the old days when I had no baby would come back 1 2 3 4 5 0.456
3. I feel distant from my baby 1 2 3 4 5 0.397
4. I love to cuddle my baby Reverse 1 2 3 4 5 0.429
5. I wish that I had never had this baby 1 2 3 4 5 0.307
6. I feel happy when my baby looks at me Reverse 1 2 3 4 5 0.295
7. My baby cries too much 1 2 3 4 5 0.342
8. I love my baby with all my heart Reverse 1 2 3 4 5 0.340
9. My baby annoys me 1 2 3 4 5 0.470
10. I feel like being a mother is something that I am very good at Reverse 1 2 3 4 5 0.482