A study to assess the maternal-infant bonding among mothers

A study conducted by Varinder Kaur under guidance of Mrs. Mamta and Co-guide Mrs. Nidhi Sagar for the partial fulfillment of M.Sc. nursing to assess the maternal–infant bonding among mothers Kaur Varinder, Mamtaa and Sagar Nidhib ab Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing, DMCH College of Nursing, Ludhiana Introduction: Bonding with baby is probably one of the most pleasurable aspects of the infant care. This mother-infant interaction is clearly a psychological one. In other words, the mother's affection for the child deepens, and the child who is held by the mother experiences a deepening of affection toward the mother. Objective: To assess the maternal-infant bonding among mothers. Methodology: A descriptive design among 100 mothers selected by convenience sampling, who visited paediatric OPD of DMC & Hospital, Ludhiana. Modified Mother Infant bonding scale was used by self-report method. Results: Findings revealed that the 58% of mothers had strong level of bonding. The mean score of maternal-infant bonding was come out to be 79.76±7.149. Conclusion: Thus the study concluded that the mothers had strong level of bonding. The association of bonding was found to be statistically highly significant education status, type of family, socio-economic status (p<0.05).