Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi
2015 , Vol 58 , Num 2
The relationship between maternal-infant bonding and infantile colic
Başkent Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, 1Pediatri Uzmanı, 2Stajyer Doktor, 3Pediatri Profesörü, Ankara, Türkiye
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Abbasoğlu A, Atay G, İpekçi AM, Gökçay B, Candoğan ÇB, Şahin
E, Toklu T, Tarcan A. (Department of Pediatrics, Başkent University Faculty of
Medicine, Ankara, Turkey). The relationship between maternal-infant bonding
and infantile colic. Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2015; 58: 57-61.
Attachment is defined as the emotional tie that a baby forms between itself
and those who care for it, in order to keep an adult closer, thereby obtaining
safety and security. Infantile colic has been defined as paroxysmal uncontrollable
crying in an otherwise healthy infant less than three months of age, with
more than three hours of crying per day on more than three days a week
and for more than three weeks. We aimed to investigate whether there is a
relationship between maternal attachment and infantile colic. The study was
carried out at the Baskent University Department of Pediatrics. To evaluate
maternal bonding, the Maternal Attachment Inventory was administered to
58 mothers of babies with infantile colic and 60 mothers of babies without
infantile colic. The infantile colic rate was higher in female infants and in
infants of mothers with a history of problematic pregnancy. In this study, no
significant relationship was found between infantile colic and maternal bonding.
Anahtar Kelimeler :
bağlanma, infantil kolik.