The Effect of Mother-Infant Bonding on Maternal Attitude

Chapter I: Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1 Statement of the Problem 1 Review of Relevant Literature 2 Maternal-infant bonding 2 Timing of sensitive period 6 Early contact and the mother-infant relationship . . . 8 Maternal a t t i t u d e 12 Further considerations 17 Purpose of S t u d y 19 H y p o t h e s e s 20 (1) 20 ( 2 ) 21 (3) 21 (4) 21 (5) 22 (6) 22 (7) . 22 (8) . 22 (9) 22 ( 1 0 ) 23