Abstract
Background and Objectives:Throughout the ages man was familiar with solidarity. The relationship among people gives beauty to life and makes it meaningful. One of these relationships is that of bonding between mother and infant which is present in every social group such as mammals and every other animals. This study was conducted to consider the rate of birth attendants’ contribution in facilitating the first and the second phases of bonding process between mother and infant in the first hour of brith .
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study on one hundred midwives, medical and midwifery students of Tabriz Azad University and Medical Sciences in delivery rooms of Taleghani and AL-Zahra hospitals in Tabriz. Stratified random sampling from 320 research population was the method of study. The data collection tools consisted of observation form for collecting demographic characteristics and observation form for recording the characteristics of brith attendants’ behaviors .
Results: The results of the study indicated that the rate of contribution in bonding process was 26.25%. This rate in the first phase of bonding process reached 19.2% and in the second phase reached 31.3%. So senior midwifery students had the most contribution of all having 48.7 percentage .
Conclusion: Midwives can practice in training courses to facilitate bonding process between mother and infant in order to prevent reactive infancy or childhood attachment disorders .