Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale.

MPAS

What it measures

Mother-to-infant attachment quality in the first year: quality of attachment, absence of hostility, pleasure in interaction.

Length and format

19 items. mixed 2-pt to 5-pt response options (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

~15 languages incl. SV, NL, DE, ES, PT, TR, FA, JA, ZH

Normative data

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Licence

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

Condon, J. T., & Corkindale, C. J. (1998). The assessment of parent-to-infant attachment: Development of a self-report questionnaire instrument. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 16(1), 57-76.