A relationship between the attitude to an unborn child and the relations between parents in the families with spontaneous and induced pregnancy
Objective. To analyze a relationship between maternal and paternal attitudes towards a fetus and parenteral relations in the families with spontaneous and induced pregnancy.Feklicheva I.V., Chipeeva N.A., Voronina I.D., Soldatova E.L., Maslennikova E.P., Shabalovskaya M.V., Agarkova L.A., Malykh S.B., Kovas Yu.V.
Subjects and methods. The sample was composed of 332 families, including 228 and 84 ones with spontaneous and induced pregnancy, respectively.
Results. In the group of families who had undergone in vitro fertilization (IVF), the maternal attachment to an unborn baby was significantly higher than in the group of those with natural conception.
Conclusion. Parental relationships were a significant predictor of maternal and paternal attitudes to an unborn child in both groups.
Keywords
infertility
assisted reproductive technologies
in vitro fertilization
paternal relationships
parental attachment to an unborn baby
Supplementary Materials
- Table 1. Results of descriptive statistics and comparisons between groups with spontaneous and induced pregnancy – parental attitude to an unborn child, and relationships between parents
- Table 2. Results of correlation analysis between relationships of parents to an unborn child and the emotional relationships in the couple
- Table 3. The results of the regression analysis in groups with spontaneous and induced pregnancy
- Figure. Relation between warmth of relationships between parents and maternal/paternal attitude to an unborn child in groups with a natural and induced pregnancy. Scatter plots and regression lines with confidence intervals
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Received 07.02.2017
Accepted 17.02.2017
About the Authors
Feklicheva Inna Viktorovna, candidate of medical Science, head of the laboratory of molecular-genetic research human health and development, SouthUral State University (national research university). 454080, Russia, Chelyabinsk, Lenin prospekt 76. Tel.: +79823365259. E-mail: innafeklicheva@yandex.ru
Chipeeva Nadezda Alexandrovna, junior researcher of the laboratory of molecular-genetic research human health and development, South Ural State University
(national research university). 454080, Russia, Chelyabinsk, Lenin prospekt 76. Tel.: +79617942621. E-mail: Nadezda.Chipeeva@ya.ru
Voronina Irina Dmitrievna, junior research fellow at the Laboratory of the Developmental Behavioural Genetics, Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Education. 125009, Russia, Moscow, Mokhovaya str. 9-4. Tel.: +74956958876; Junior researcher of the Laboratory for Cognitive Investigations and Behavioral Genetics,
National Research Tomsk State University. 634050, Russia, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue 36. Tel.: +73822529671. E-mail: irina.d.voronina@gmail.com
Soldatova Elena Leonidovna, doctor of psychological Sciences, professor, Dean of the faculty of psychology, South Ural State University (national research university).
454080, Russia, Chelyabinsk, Lenin prospekt 76. Tel.: +73512679981. E-mail: Elena.l.soldatova@gmail.ru
Maslennikova Ekaterina Pavlovna, psychologist of the laboratory of molecular-genetic research human health and development, South Ural State University
(national research university). 454080, Russia, Chelyabinsk, Lenin prospekt 76. Tel.: +79634746645. E-mail: bayan-sulu@mail.ru.
Shabalovskaya Marina Vladimirovna, candidate of psychological Sciences, associate professor, Department of psychotherapy and psychological counseling,
National Research Tomsk state university. 634050, Russia, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue 36. Tel.: +73822529566. E-mail: m_sha79@mail.ru
Agarkova Lyubov Aglyamovna, doctor of medical Sciences, professor, head of the scientific direction of the Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
634009, Russia, Tomsk, Kooperativny per. 5. Tel.: +73822994090. E-mail: roddom4@mail.tomsknet.ru
Malykh Sergey Borisovich, professor, PhD, Academy’s Secretary of the Department of Psychology and Developmental Physiology at the Russian Academy of Education; Academician of the Russian Academy of Education. 125009, Russia, Moscow, Mokhovaya str. 9/4. Tel.: +74956958876; Co-director of the International Centre
for Research in Human Development at Tomsk State University. 634050, Russia, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue 36. Tel.: +73822529671. E-mail: malykhsb@mail.ru
Kovas Yulia Vladimirovna, Professor, PhD, director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Investigations and Behavioral Genetics, National Research Tomsk State University.
634050, Russia, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue 36. Tel.: +738225296714; Professor of Genetics and Psychology, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London.
United Kingdom, London, SE14 6NW. Tel.: (0)207 078 5025. E-mail: y.kovas@gold.ac.uk
For citations: Feklicheva I.V., Chipeeva N.A., Voronina I.D., Soldatova E.L., Maslennikova E.P., Shabalovskaya M.V., Agarkova L.A., Malykh S.B., Kovas Yu.V. A relationship between the attitude to an unborn child and the relations between parents in the families with spontaneous and induced pregnancy. Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2017; (10): 78-83. (in Russian)
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2017.10.78-83
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