Seeing other women breastfeed: How vicarious experience relates to breastfeeding intention and behaviour

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-146

  Hoddinott, Pat ^a   Kroll, Thilo ^b   Raja, Amalraj ^a   Lee, Amanda Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviour; Breastfeeding; Measures; Psychosocial determinants; Vicarious experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; SCOTLAND; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951713046     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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