<b>Social support and parity affect the longitudinal trajectory of maternal bonding</b>

Participants completed the Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (MAAS) and the Perceived Social Support Scale at 5 time points during pregnancy (at 9, 12, 16, 24, and 33 gestational weeks). Linear mixed effects models were used to test whether the MAAS scores changed across pregnancy, and to examine parity, fetal sex, and social support as moderators of the effect of gestational timepoint on MAAS scores. Models were adjusted for maternal age, educational level, marital status, family income, planned pregnancy, miscarriage or abortion in previous pregnancy, and depressive symptoms.