0 behaving or feeling in the way that a mother does towards her child, especially in a kind, loving way: --
Her maternal grandmother (= mother's mother) is still alive.
She is very maternal towards her employees.
maternal instincts
1 behaving or feeling as a mother does toward her child: --
Alice’s maternal grandmother (= her mother’s mother) will be 90 next month.
maternal instincts
Even today, maternal mortality ranges from 10-2 5 %12'33'34 with seventenths of deaths occurring between the first month of the puerperium.
A multiple regression analysis revealed that security of attachment, maternal depressive symptomatology, and economic risk accounted for 47% of the variability in children's depression scores.
In this study, we examined variations in security of attachment behavior, maternal depression symptoms, and economic resources.
Separate direct discriminant function analyses were performed using maternal or paternal variables as predictors of membership in the two groups.
Distributions for maternal and paternal anger had modal values of zero, with significant positive skewness and kurtosis for paternal anger.
Here, we examine the potential moderating effects of security of attachment and maternal depressive symptoms on child depression.
A total of 33 maternal and child behaviors were rated by independent observers on 5- and 9-point scales.
Major depression was associated with not being breast fed and maternal emotional problems during the pregnancy.
