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June 6, 2026Behavioral SciencesOpen Access

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Maternal–Fetal Attachment: Indirect Associations via Prenatal Depressive Symptoms in a Romanian Sample

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RRRisvan Vlad RusuDRDan RusuCDCristian Delcea

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Overview

Cross-sectional study examines indirect associations between adverse childhood experiences and maternal–fetal attachment, highlighting the role of prenatal depressive symptoms.

Key Points

  • This study aims to explore how adverse childhood experiences affect maternal-fetal attachment through prenatal depressive symptoms.
  • Cross-sectional design involving 149 Romanian women in their first trimester
  • Self-report measures assessed ACEs, prenatal depressive symptoms, MFA, and perceived social support
  • Conditional process analyses conducted using PROCESS Model 7 with controls for maternal age and socioeconomic status.
  • Higher ACEs significantly increased prenatal depressive symptoms (b = 0.43, p = 0.001)
  • Increased prenatal depressive symptoms were associated with lower maternal-fetal attachment (b = −0.03, p = 0.023)
  • The indirect association between ACEs and MFA via depressive symptoms was significant (b = −0.01, 95% CI [−0.028, −0.0009]).

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Rusu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23bcab71a5da9775e77cabhttps://doi.org/10.3390/bs16060911
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