Sentences with phrase «maternal feelings of attachment»

The project will evaluate a targeted intervention that has the potential to improve developmental outcomes of children of depressed mothers through improving the quality of mother - infant interactions, parenting stress and maternal feelings of attachment to the infant.

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Oxytocin is a hormone that promotes bonding during the early stages of relationship development, positive feelings toward relationship partners1, including feelings of trust.2 In fact, oxytocin has been implicated in a variety of positive relationship behaviors, including attachment, social memory, sexual behavior, and orgasm, as well as maternal caring and bonding behaviors.3 As a result, the media often refers to oxytocin as the «cuddle hormone.»

Negative feelings about parenting were measured via four items taken from the Condon Maternal Attachment Scale (Condon and Corkindale, 1998) relating to feelings of incompetence, resentment, annoyance and impatience (Cronbach alpha = 0.54, indicating moderate reliability).

Variations in the quality of maternal caregiving shape the neurobiological systems that regulate stress reactions.18 Higher sensitivity was found in mothers and fathers who valued attachments based on their recollections of being accepted themselves and sensitively cared for as a child.27 Likewise, in close relationships with non-parental caregivers or mentors in which the child feels safe and secure, the child will make ample use of joint attention to social and non-social objects and events.

However, we found that maternal alexithymia is associated with patients» attachment style and psychological symptoms (anxiety and feeling of guilt).