anxiété, dépression et investissement émotionnel de l'enfant pendant la grossesse

Abstract

With the aim of studying anxiety, depression and prenatal emotional involvement with the infant, 87 primipa-rous women had fulfilled the Portuguese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and New Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale. High levels of anxious and depressive symptoms as well of emotional involvement with the infant were found. Anxiety seems to activate mother's negative emotions toward the infant, but depressive symptoms account the more for the presence of not clear emotions and poor attachment to the infant. © Médecine and Hygiène. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays.