Breastfeeding duration and postpartum psychological adjustment: Role of maternal attachment styles

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 369-373

  Akman, Ipek ^a,b   Kuscu, M Kemal ^a   Yurdakul, Ziya ^a   Özdemir, Nihal ^a   Solakoǧlu, Mine ^a   Orhon, Lale ^a   Karabekiroǧlu, Aytül ^a   Özek, Eren ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Breastfeeding; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43549112954     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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