From: Adult attachment style as a risk factor for maternal postnatal depression: a systematic review
Limits: Human studies, English language, 1991-2013 | |
---|---|
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
Studies concerning the mother’s own adult attachment style. | Studies specifically involving premature infants. |
Papers published from 1991–2013. | Media outside of academic journals. |
Journal articles only. | Studies investigating male PND or couple’s PND where data is not grouped according to Gender. |
Studies using a depression scale and an adult attachment scale | Studies investigating depression linked to still births. |
Studies concerning assisted Vs. natural conception and typical Vs. atypical pregnancies and births. | Investigations of the attachment between mother and infant.This study concerns the mothers own adult attachment style only, not the bidirectional attachment of between infant and mother. |
Studies concerning adult and adolescent mothers. | Studies assessing participants with known pre-existing psychiatriccomorbidities. |
Quantitative data | Maternal depression occurring after the first year of motherhood. |