TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Validation of the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale for infant maltreatment by mothers at one month postpartum: an adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children's Study
JO  - Japan Medical Association journal
A1  - Nishigori, Toshie
A1  - Obara, Taku
A1  - Metoki, Hirohito
A1  - Sakurai, Kasumi
A1  - Mori, Miyuki
A1  - Suzuki, Taeko
A1  - Ishikuro, Mami
A1  - Tatsuta, Nozomi
A1  - Saito, Masatoshi
A1  - Sugawara, Junichi
A1  - Arima, Takahiro
A1  - Nakai, Kunihiko
A1  - Kuriyama, Shinichi
A1  - Yaegashi, Nobuo
A1  - Nishigori, Hidekazu
SP  - 366
EP  - 369
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - Bonding failure is a mental disorder among parents characterized by reduced affection and anger toward, rejection of, and impulse to harm the infant (1), (2). The Japanese version of the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale (MIBS-J) has been widely used as a screening tool for assessing mother-to-infant bonding failure at 1 month postpartum to ensure mother-infant care support so as to prevent infant maltreatment in Japan (3), (4), (5), (6). An MIBS-J overall score of 4/5 at 1 month postpartum was suggested as the cutoff score for indicating infant maltreatment by mothers (5). The MIBS-J has two subscales, namely, lack of affection and anger/rejection (3), (7). In the present study, we evaluated the validity of the overall MIBS-J and its subscales for infant maltreatment by mothers at 1 month postpartum as an adjunct to the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS)...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2433-328X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2022-0041
ID  - ref1
ER  -