This study aimed to examine the extent to which mother-fetal bonding, substance use and mental health through pregnancy predicted postnatal mother-infant bonding at 8 weeks. Participants were 372 women recruited from three metropolitan hospitals in Australia.
Authors: Larissa Rossen, Delyse Hutchinson, Judy Wilson, Lucy Burns, Craig A Olsson, Steve Allsop, Elizabeth J Elliott, Sue Jacobs, Jacqueline A. Macdonald, Richard P Mattick
Date: February 2016