Depression, sleep quality, and maternal well-being in postpartum women with a history of sexual assault: A comparison of breastfeeding, mixed-feeding, and formula-feeding mothers

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-22

  Kendall Tackett, Kathleen ^a   Cong, Zhen ^a   Hale, Thomas W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BABY; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNICITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; IRRITABILITY; LACTATION CONSULTANT; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATERNAL WELL BEING; MIXED FEEDING; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME; SLEEP QUALITY; WELLBEING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AUSTRIA; BREAST FEEDING; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CANADA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEW ZEALAND; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SLEEP DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873347555     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2012.0024     Document Type: Article

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