Meta-analysis of the Effectiveness of Psychological Interventions and Care Practices on Increasing Mother- Fetal and Mother-Infant Attachment Behavior

Background and Since the formation of maternal attachment to the child begins from birth or even before that (during pregnancy), therefore appropriate interventions to educate mothers on the correct attachment process of fetal and maternal-infant is very important. The aim of the present study is a meta-analysis of psychological interventions and the effectiveness of self-care practices on increasing maternal attachment behavior of mother -fetal and mother-infant.
For this purpose, from among the numerous researches related to this field, 21 studies that was published during the years 1999-2016 in reputable databases such as Iranduc, Magiran, SID, Pubmed, ISC, portal of humanities science, & Silivika, was selected in terms of methodological criteria and meta-analysis was done on them. This research was based on 21 measure sizes and the tool used was meta-analysis checklist. Data was analyzed by CMA-2 software.
The results showed that the effect size of psychological interventions and education to promote mother-infant and mother-fetal attachment behavior was 0/64 (P The effect size obtained of the effectiveness of interventions and psychological education in mother-fetal attachment behavior and mother-infant is calculated according to the average Cohen size interpretation table. Therefore, these interventions and training can be effective in enhancing mother-fetal and mother-infant attachment behaviors.