Parity mediates the association between infant feeding method and maternal depressive symptoms in the postpartum

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 259-266

  Sibolboro Mezzacappa, E ^a,c   Endicott, J ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Breast feeding; CES D; Depression; Parity; Postpartum; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; PARITY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 37749045854     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-007-0207-7     Document Type: Article

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