BACKGROUND The transition to motherhood is sometimes characterized by ambivalent emotions. This paper attempts to explore whether this transition may be triggering attachment insecurities in first-time pregnant women during their first trimester, and thus affecting their prenatal expectations and caregiving representations. METHOD A sample of 100 first-time pregnant women during their first trimester was studied. Prenatal expectations were explored in terms of desire to have children (DTC), perceived ability to relate to children (PARC), personal meaning ascribed to motherhood, and preoccupations regarding becoming a mother. RESULTS The estimated Bayesian network shows that attachment style is a predictor for prenatal expectations, either directly or indirectly. Results also suggest that PARC mediates the relationship between attachment and the preoccupations related to motherhood. Pregnant women with an insecure attachment style reported lower PARC and higher preoccupations about becoming a mother. CONCLUSION Pregnant women with secure attachment have more positive pre-parenthood expectations and parenting representations than those with insecure attachment. These results may be useful in clinical settings to help women have a smoother transition to motherhood.

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从贝叶斯角度来看依恋风格和产前期望。

背景技术向母性的过渡有时以矛盾的情绪为特征。本文试图探讨这种转变是否可能在初孕期的初孕妇中引发不安全感，从而影响她们的产前期望和照顾对象。方法对100名初次妊娠妇女进行了研究。从对孩子的渴望（DTC），与孩子建立联系的感知能力（PARC），归因于母性的个人意义以及对成为母亲的专注等方面探讨了产前期望。结果估计的贝叶斯网络表明依恋方式是直接或间接预测产前期望的指标。结果还表明，PARC介导了依恋和与母性有关的关注之间的关系。依恋方式不安全的孕妇报告说，PARC较低，而对成为母亲的关注更高。结论拥有安全依恋的孕妇比没有安全依恋的孕妇具有更积极的孕前期望和育儿表现。这些结果可能在临床环境中有用，以帮助女性更顺利地过渡到母亲身份。