Background & aim: Paternal-fetal attachment develops an emotional relationship between father and his infant which can affect their future interactions. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effect of attachment training on paternal-fetal attachment. Methods: This clinical trial was conducted in Karmandan and 22 Bahman health centers in Mashhad in 2015. The participants of the stu...

Background & aim: Marital satisfaction during pregnancy is one of the factors affecting marital affectional bond. This study was performed to evaluate the effect of paternal-fetal attachment training on marital satisfaction during pregnancy. Methods: This clinical trial was conducted on 60 couples referring to two health centers of Mashhad, Iran, in 2015. The couples were randomly divided into ...

Background: Parental - fetal attachment behaviors play important role in pregnancy outcome, maternal and paternal identity and also children development. It seems that these behaviors are different in infertile couples. Knowing the relationship between infertility and parental - fetal attachment was the aim of this study Materials and Methods: For this cross - sectional study that was done in 1...

Introduction: Parents' attachment to the child is an intimate,warm and continuous relationship which is the basis of the natural development of the child. Attachment starts long before birth, and is affected by a variety of factors that are not definitively recognized. Also, several interventions have been proposed for improving it that their effectiveness has not yet been determined. Given the...

background: fathers’ cooperation has been less taken into account in the process of pregnancy. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of training the fathers regarding attachment skills on maternal-fetal attachment in primigravida women in 2013. methods: this randomized controlled trial was performed on 150 qualified pregnant women’s husbands. the intervention group took part in four...

Introduction: Although studies mostly focus on mothers, fathers also experience emotional problems and bond with their unborn babies in the antenatal period. The aim of this study is to examine alexithymia fetal attachment expectant fathers.
 Methods: was carried out online via social media 145 fathers. Data were collected using Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20, Paternal Antenatal Attachment S...