The relation between social support, anxiety and distress symptoms and maternal fetal attachment.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that prenatal attachment is related to trait anxiety and social support. These findings suggest that interventions to decrease anxiety and increase social support could enhance maternal-fetal attachment. PMID: 29727202 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29727202?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - May 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: J Reprod Infant Psychol Source Type: research