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Table 2 Result of the principal component analysis of the postpartum bonding questionnaire

From: Postpartum bonding and association with depressive symptoms and prenatal attachment in women with fear of birth

 

Pattern matrix

Structure matrix

n = 172

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 1

Factor 2

Items

I love my baby to bits (Rev)

0.828

0.094

0.794

0.205

I feel close to my baby (Rev)

0.738

-0.043

0.754

0.310

I love to cuddle my baby (Rev)

0.663

-0.117

0.706

0.357

My baby is the most beautiful baby of the world (Rev)

0.646

-0.036

0.658

0.269

I wish the old days when I had no baby would come back

0.592

-0.113

0.633

0.327

I feel happy when my baby smiles or laughs (Rev)

0.557

0.350

0.613

0.518

I feel trapped as a mother

0.516

-0.245

0.605

0.432

I feel distant from my baby

0.489

-0.341

0.572

0.462

I enjoy playing with my baby (Rev)

0.466

-0.293

0.505

0.283

I resent my baby

0.463

-0.116

0.431

0.148

My baby annoys me

0.092

0.790

0.377

0.823

My baby irritates me

0.078

0.786

0.363

0.815

I feel angry with my baby

-0.117

0.731

0.147

0.689

My baby winds me up

0.324

0.554

0.521

0.661

My baby makes me anxious

0.128

0.479

0.301

0.525

My baby is easily comforted

0.206

-0.255

0.299

-0.330

Cronbach alpha value

0.824

0.752

  
  1. Bold values indicate major loadings