The relationship of maternal age, quickening, and physical symptoms of pregnancy to the development of maternal-fetal attachment
Lerum, C.W.; LoBiondo-Wood, G.
Birth 16(1): 13-17
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0730-7659 PMID: 2742632 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1989.tb00848.xDocument Number: 368208
In a study of maternal-fetal attachment we explored three variables that could influence such attachment: maternal age, the experience of quickening, and the physical symptoms of pregnancy. A convenience sample of 80 pregnant women filled out the Cranley maternal-fetal attachment scale and the pregnancy symptoms checklist. Maternal age and physical symptoms were not found to be significantly correlated to maternal-fetal attachment, but quickening, as well as the degree and frequency of fetal movement, were correlated, at the P less than or equal to 0.0001 level. Income, ultrasound, and planning of pregnancy were also found to be significantly related to maternal-fetal attachment.