Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration

Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration.

AIM An increased duration of breastfeeding has many advantages for the child and mother. However, little research to date has investigated the influence of maternal psychosocial well-being during pregnancy on the duration of breastfeeding. This study aimed to examine whether experience of life stress events, social contact/support in pregnancy and postpartum emotional disturbance had an effect ...

Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration

Associations of maternal obesity and psychosocial factors with breastfeeding intention, initiation, and duration.

BACKGROUND Psychosocial factors influence breastfeeding outcomes, but little is known about these characteristics and how they influence breastfeeding behavior of obese women, who are a group that experiences poor breastfeeding outcomes. OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to determine whether 1) maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) is associated with social knowledge of, social influence t...

Breastfeeding and later psychosocial development of children at 6 years of age.

OBJECTIVE To examine the association of breastfeeding duration with psychosocial development at 6 years of age. METHODS We analyzed data from the 2005-2007 Infant Feeding Practices Study II and its 2012 Year 6 Follow-Up (N = 1442). Our breastfeeding duration variable combined overall and exclusive breastfeeding reported during infancy (never breastfed, breastfed <6 months, breastfed ≥6 months...

The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy of Pregnant Women

Introduction: Breastfeeding has an essential role in providing maternal and infant health and as a result the society health. Breastfeeding self-efficacy is a powerful predictor of the duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of cognitive-behavioral counseling during pregnancy on breastfeeding self-efficacy of pregnant women referring to compre...