%0 Journal Article
%T Typology of Pregnant WomenĄŻs Bonding Emotions towards Their Foetus: A Study of Japanese Women in the First Trimester
%A Ayako Hada
%A Yuriko Usui
%A Yukiko Ohashi
%A Satoru Takeda
%A Toshinori Kitamura
%J Psychology
%P 329-340
%@ 2152-7199
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/psych.2024.153020
%X <p>
	<b><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">Background:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> Maternal emotions towards the foetus are an
essential part of maternal</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">foetal bonding, and predict its quality and
quantity. It is necessary</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> <span>to identify a
cluster of pregnant women with maternal</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">foetal
bonding difficulty. <b>Objectives:</b> To identify a
cluster of pregnant women with maternal</span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">foetal bonding difficulty and
describe the character of the cluster. </span></span><b><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">M</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">ethods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> An online questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate
psychological issues among pregnant women at 12-15 weeksĄŻ gestational age. Ma<span>ternal</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">foetal
bonding emotions, demographic and obstetric variables, attitudes towards the
current pregnancy, emesis, adult attachment, depression,</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> <span>fear of childbirth, obsessive</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">compulsive symptoms, borderline personality</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> traits, <span>substance use, avoiding taking part
in childcare, and consideration of pre</span>gnancy termination were measured. </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">A </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">two-step cluster analysis
was performed <span>to classify participating
women according to maternal</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">foetal bonding subs</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">cale scores. Emerging clusters were compared in terms of the variables
used in this study.<span> <b>Results: </b>Two
clusters emerged, one of which was the Foetal Bonding Disorder Cluster,
characterised by significantly lower scores (<i>p</i><span> </span>&lt; 0.001) in</span> <span>Happiness,
Alpha Pride, and Beta Pride, and significantly (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.001) higher</span> scores in Anger, Fear, Sadness, Disgust, Shame, and Guilt. Individuals in this cluster
were also
%K Maternal-Foetal Bonding1 Disorder
%K Cluster Analysis
%K Psychiatric Symptoms
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=131805