Abstract
Background: In Japan, the effect of education using the leaflet ‘Discipline Without Tough Love’ on mothers during caring for their infants have been reported. We examined the effect of this education on pregnant Japanese women. Methods: The present study was a prospective investigation of all Japanese women with singleton pregnancies who visited our hospital for a perinatal visit at 20-23 weeks’ gestation between November 2017 and March 2018 and gave birth at ≥ 37 weeks’ gestation at our hospital. We examined the maternal feelings (bonding situation) to babies of women who received the leaflet in comparison with that in women who did not receive it during the health check-up performed routinely at one month after delivery using the Japanese version of the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale. Results: There were no significant differences in maternal feelings for their babies between the two groups of women. Conclusions: We did not identify any effect of health consultations cased on ‘Discipline Without Tough Love’ during pregnancy on maternal feelings toward babies at one month after delivery. A further study to enlighten pregnant women about parenting without corporal punishment will be needed in Japan. Registration: Japan Registry of Clinical Trials 1030190112; registered on 5 October 2019.
Highlights
Children can adapt themselves and their relationship with their caregivers in a way incomparable to any other stage of life
We examined the effect of education using the leaflet ‘Discipline Without Tough Love’ on Japanese women during pregnancy
Variables assessed In this study, we examined the maternal feelings toward babies of women who received the leaflet in comparison with that in women who did not receive it during the routine health check-up performed one month after delivery using the Japanese version of Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale (MIBS-J), which is a simple self-administrated questionnaire designed to detect problems with a mother’s feelings towards her newborn baby[12,13,14,15]
Summary
Children can adapt themselves and their relationship with their caregivers (parents) in a way incomparable to any other stage of life. In 2016, the rate of Japanese women mistreating their children was reported to be 6–37%6 In Japan, the effect of education using the leaflet ‘Discipline Without Tough Love’ on mothers during caring for their infants have been reported. We examined the maternal feelings (bonding situation) to babies of women who received the leaflet in comparison with that in women who did not receive it during the health check-up performed routinely at one month after delivery using the Japanese version of the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale
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