Female Public Jordanian University undergraduate students' intentions and attitudes toward breastfeeding: Application of self-objectification theory

Breastfeeding Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 31-42

  Al Ali, Nahla ^a   Hatamleh, Reem ^a   Khader, Yousef ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Breastfeeding; Intention; Self objectification; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JORDAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JORDAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891360494     PISSN: 07292759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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