Validation and factor analysis of mother-infant bonding questionnaire in pregnant and postpartum women in Japan

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 CFA of the MIBQ items over the four time points in Group 2

MIBQ items	T1	T2	T3	T4
Lack of Affection (LA)
1: Loving	0.83	0.85	0.71	0.65
3: Neutral or felt nothing	0.42	0.36	0.18	0.14
4: Possessive	0.39	0.45	0.37	0.37
7: Protective	0.72	0.72	0.7	0.52
8: Joyful	0.82	0.75	0.68	0.76
Anger and Rejection (AR)
5: Resentful	0.78	0.75	0.3	0.57
6: Dislike	0.74	0.59	0.16	0.69
Covariance between LA and AR	0.25	0.34	0.23	0.29
CMIN/df	1.264	1.423	0.94	1.09
CFI	0.995	0.991	1	0.996
RMSEA	0.027	0.034	0	0.016
AIC	46.435	48.499	42.215	44.175

CFA confirmatory factor analysis, MIBQ Mother-Infant Bonding Questionnaire, T1 early pregnancy before week 25, T2 late pregnancy around week 36, T3 5 days after delivery, T4 1 month after delivery, LA lack of affection, AR Anger and Rejection, CMIN/df chi-squared/degree of freedom, CFI comparative fit index, RMSEA root mean square error of approximation

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