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Published on: September 22, 2023
[Correlations of father's attitudes regarding breast feeding, father-infant attachment and marital adjustment]
Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to examine the relationships of fathers' attitudes regarding breast feeding, father-infant attachment, marital adjustment, and partner's feeding method, and explore the predictors of fathers' attitudes regarding breast-feeding and partner's feeding method. A descriptive correlational method of investigation was implemented. A total of 210 fathers were recruited to participate in this study from the Kaohsiung City area. The results of this study were: (1) Fathers' attitudes regarding breast feeding were positive. (2) Fathers of breast-fed infants showed significantly more positive attitudes to breast feeding and significantly better marital adjustment. (3) Father's attitudes regarding breast-feeding, father-infant attachment, were positively or related with marital adjustment. (4) The best subsets to predict fathers' attitudes regarding breast-feeding included partner's feeding method, socioeconomic status, marital adjustment, and whether they had participated in deciding the feeding method; together, these subsets accounted for 20% of the total variance. (5) The best subsets to predict partner's feeding method were parity and father's attitudes regarding breast-feeding. This study reveals the importance of evaluating fathers' attitudes regarding breast-feeding and marital adjustment in terms of enhancing family-centered nursing and breast-feeding compliance.
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