The association between mothers' emotions and attachment to their unborn babies with abnormality during the time from notification about the abnormality to one month after childbirth

• Project/Area Number: 23660065
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Yamaguchi University
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Mayumi 山口大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (90285445)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: 看護学 / 胎児異常 / 対児感情

Research Abstract

This study aimed to explore the association between mothers' emotions and attachment to their unborn babies with abnormality during the time from notification about the abnormality to one month after childbirth. Data were collected from 13 participants to analyze their psychological transitions and feelings towards the baby. Following our qualitative analysis a total of nine categories and 30 concepts on the process of psychological change and adjustment were extracted from the data.
The findings suggest that for both mothers who knew about their baby and those who did not know mothers made positive attempts to accept the baby and attachment was developed.