Mothers' beliefs about infant size: Associations with attitudes and infant feeding practices

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 158-164

  Holub, Shayla C ^a   Dolan, Elaine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body size attitudes; Feeding practices; Infant; Parent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863227652     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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