Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 

About: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Pregnancy & Anxiety. It has an ISSN identifier of 0264-6838. Over the lifetime, 1318 publications have been published receiving 29550 citations. The journal is also known as: JRIP.

Screening for depression during pregnancy with the edinburgh depression scale (EDDS)

Abstract: One hundred women attending a maternity hospital antenatal clinic who were between 28 and 34 weeks gestation completed the EPDS and were then interviewed using a standardized psychiatric interview. EPDS scores were compared with RDC diagnosis of major and minor depression and with total weighted score derived from the interview. The EPDS identified all women with RDC major depression but was less effective in detecting those with RDC minor depression.

The assessment of parent-to-infant attachment: Development of a self-report questionnaire instrument

Abstract: In most research involving maternal infant attachment, the attachment construct has been assessed by behavioural observation The problems inherent in this approach, including its high cost and labour-intensive nature, are briefly reviewed It is suggested that the behavioural approach could be usefully complemented by enquiry into the mother's subjective experiences towards her infant The development of a 19 item self-report questionnaire to assess mother-to-infant attachment is described Using a sample of approximately 200 women assessed at 4 weeks, 4 months and 8 months postnatally, the psychometric properties of the instrument are presented Acceptable levels of internal consistency and test-retest reliability were found The factor structure of the questionnaire revealed four factors which accounted for approximately 40% of the variance in attachment scores: pleasure in proximity, acceptance, tolerance, and competence as parent Evidence supporting the construct validity of the questionnai

Identity development during the transition to motherhood: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Abstract: This paper illustrates the development of a theoretical model of how aspects of a woman's sense of identity can be transformed during the transition to motherhood. The study is idiographic and primarily qualitative and is grounded in the detailed case-studies of individual women going through the transition, prioritizing their own accounts of the experience. The study employs an interpretative phenomenological analysis of interviews, diaries and repertory grids. The paper presents a processual model of the transition. Key components of the model attend to the women's perception of their social roles. It suggests that during pregnancy a woman's focus may turn from the public world of work towards the more local world of family and friends. This shift may help with the woman's preparation for the new role she is taking on and may furthermore contribute to a transformation of the woman's subsequent life plans. Examples from the women's accounts illustrate each component of the model The theoretical ...

Supermum, superwife, supereverything : performing femininity in the transition to motherhood

Abstract: The aim of this qualitative study was to comprehend how mothers understood and accounted for their experiences in relation to the ideology of motherhood which has been socially constructed as a critical aspect of femininity. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 24 primiparous and multiparous women, and transcripts analysed using open and axial coding with triangulation. Using a material‐discursive approach to interpret the data, two higher order themes are presented: ‘the realization of new motherhood’ and ‘coping with new motherhood’. These themes demonstrate how unprepared for motherhood the women were and how their expectations were based on various myths of motherhood. This led to feelings of inadequacy as they struggled with the myth versus reality discrepancy. However, they could not be seen to be inadequate and therefore employed greater efforts to portray themselves as supermum, superwife, supereverything and hide the opposite. These findings are interpreted within the context of the soc...

Child maltreatment and insecure attachment: a meta‐analysis

Abstract: The validity of the insecure/disorganized attachment pattern has been clearly established in over 80 studies with more than 100 samples. However, given that child maltreatment is considered one of the most important causes of insecure/disorganized attachment, it is notable that few studies have been published specifically examining the maltreatment/insecure attachment hypothesis. The purpose of this paper was to review the research findings and conduct a meta‐analysis to examine the effect size of maltreatment and insecure attachment across studies. A second goal was to conduct a subpopulation analysis to investigate effect size by type of maltreatment. Following a literature search which yielded 25 articles, we identified eight studies (n = 791) that: (a) consisted of children who experienced different types of maltreatment including cases of malnutrition and failure‐to‐thrive, (b) consisted of children under 48 months of age, (c) used the Strange Situation or a modification of it to measure attachment, ...