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The time of motherhood in a time of crisis: a longitudinal qualitative study
CONCLUSION: Women in their perinatal period during the COVID-19 pandemic felt like 'living incubators', both isolated and invested in individual and social responsibilities of 'caring'.The study confirms the need to re-centre maternal care services' praxis on women's needs as an act of collective repair against the consequences of collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic.PMID:37530408 | DOI:10.1080/02646838.2023.2243487 (Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology)
Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - August 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alessia Caffieri Giorgia Margherita Source Type: research

Practitioner perspectives on the use of selected fear of childbirth screening tools within a clinical context
J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2023 Aug 2:1-13. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2023.2243286. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFear of childbirth (FOC), or tokophobia, can influence several medical and obstetric variables, and is a significant predictor of maternal and mental health outcomes and birth experiences. Current practice in the UK does not include initial screening for tokophobia, rather, assessment and support occur under extreme circumstances e.g. maternal requests for caesarean sections or pregnancy termination requests in order to avoid childbirth. Moreover, while there are several candidate outcome measures for FOC, none have ...
Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - August 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Claire A Marshall Catriona Jones Kate Burt Victoria Lappin Colin R Martin Julie Jomeen Abigail Webb Source Type: research

Mother-infant bonding in the first nine months postpartum: the role of mother's attachment style and psychological flexibility
DISCUSSION: Our findings highlight the importance of mother's attachment and psychological flexibility in promoting the quality of mother-infant bonding, which can inform future intervention programmes targeting modifiable factors, such as psychological flexibility, to promote early positive parent-infant relationships, particularly for single, first-time mothers, with higher levels of education.PMID:37525320 | DOI:10.1080/02646838.2023.2242379 (Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology)
Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - July 31, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paula Vagos Vera Mateus Joana Silva V ânia Araújo Ana Xavier Lara Palmeira Source Type: research