Predictors of maternal responsiveness

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-125

  Drake, Emily E ^a,e   Humenick, Sharron S ^b   Amankwaa, Linda ^c   Younger, Janet ^b   Roux, Gayle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e McLeod Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant development; Maternal responsiveness; Satisfaction with life; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547297124     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2007.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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