Relationship of Mothers' Perceptions and Behaviors to the Duration of Breastfeeding

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ID13664782
AuthorsTrish Vandiver (corresponding author), Trish A Vandiver (St. Thomas University)
Year1997
Volume80
Issue3_suppl
Pages1375-1384
Publication date1997-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1997.80.3c.1375
PMID9246903
OpenAlexW1985909456
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited26

The relationship between duration of breastfeeding in the first 12 weeks after birth, characteristics of mothers' and infants' behaviors, and the mother's perception of her infant were studied in primiparous mothers and their low-risk newborn infants. 50 women completed questionnaires on infants' temperament, caregiving flexibility, and perception of breastfeeding in their third trimester of pregnancy and again when their infants were 12 weeks old. 30 of the 50 women and their infants were observed for two hours on each of three different occasions at their homes when infants were 2, 6, and 12 wk. of age. Higher rates of mothers' interactive behaviors with their infants, mothers' self-reported perceptions that their infants had "easy" temperaments, and mothers' self-reported flexibility of caregiving were directly correlated with longer duration of breastfeeding and later weaning from the breast

Breastfeeding · Developmental psychology · Duration (music · Flexibility (engineering · Obstetrics · Perception · Personality · Temperament · Weaning · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Demography · Infant Health and Development · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Pediatrics

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