Transition to fatherhood: Modeling the experience of fathers of breastfed infants

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  De Montigny, Francine ^a,b   Lacharité, Carl ^c   Devault, Annie ^b  

^a Departments of Nursing Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; father involvement; fatherhood; nursing; parenting efficacy; social support; stress; structural equation modeling; transition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864857004     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3182626167     Document Type: Article

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