The relationship between maternal attachment, perceived social support and breast-feeding sufficiency
Nursan Cinar1, Dilek Köse1, Sevin Altinkaynak1
1Department of Pediatric Nursing, Sakarya University, School of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Sakarya, Turkey.
Objective:
To determine the relationship between maternal attachment, perceived social support and breast-feeding sufficiency.
Study Design:
Descriptive correlational design.
Place And Duration Of Study:
A state hospital and two family health centers in Sakarya, Turkey, between June to December 2011.
Methodology:
The sample was 122 voluntary mothers who had healthy babies of 1 - 2 months old. The data were collected by a Personal Information Form, Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and Breast-feeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF). The data collected were analysed by percentage distribution, mean square, independent sample t-test, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskall-Wallis and Pearson correlation.
Results:
The mean age of the mothers was 25.01 ± 2.2 years, and 48.4% of them were primary school graduates. BSESSF was 61.02 ± 8.44 (16 - 70), MAI was 99.07 ± 7.19 (56 - 100) and MSPSS was 66.40 ± 13.58 (37 - 84). There was a positive, medium level, significant relationship between the total scores of BSES-SF and MAI (r=0.370, p < 0.001). There was a positive, medium level, significant relationship between the total score of BSES-SF and the score from family subdimension of MSPSS (r=0.255, p < 0.01).There was a positive, medium level, significant relationship between the total score of MAI and the total score of family subdimension of MSPSS (r=0.339, p < 0.001).
Conclusion:
Successful maternal attachment and familial support positively affected the breast-feeding sufficiency of the mother.
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