The Relationship between Spouseûs Social Support, Perception of Breastfeeding, and Maternal Newborn Attachment in Postpartum Mothers

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dc.contributor.authorPol.Lt.Col. Pornphan Bhoosahasen_US
dc.contributor.authorPol.Lt.Col. Kanjana Panyanontwaten_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-22T06:07:53Z
dc.date.available2011-02-22T06:07:53Z
dc.date.created2010-10-08en_US
dc.date.issued2010-10-08en_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract:\ \ Keywords:\ \ Spouse๛s social support, Perception, Breastfeeding, Maternal-newbornattachmentThe purpose of this descriptive research was to investigate the relationshipbetween spouse๛s social support, perception of breastfeeding, and maternal newbornattachment in postpartum mothers. The sample, consisting of 180 mothers who camefor postpartum follow-up from April to July, 2005 at Police General Hospital, wasselected by purposive sampling. Data were collected by using four questionnaires,which assessed the demographic data, spouse๛s social support, perception ofbreastfeeding and maternal newborn attachment. The data were analyzed by descriptivestatistics (percentage, range, mean, standard deviation), Pearson๛s product momentcorrelation coefficient, and multiple regression with the ๙Enter๛ method. The resultsrevealed positive by significant correlations between: 1) spouse๛s social support andmaternal newborn attachment; 2) perception of breastfeeding and maternal newbornattachment; and 3) spouse๛s social support and perception of breastfeeding.When spouse๛s social support and perception of breastfeeding were entered into theregression model, both of them could jointly explain 14 % of the variance inmaternal-newborn attachment in the postpartum period. Thus, health care professionsshould promote participation of spouse in breastfeeding of postpartum mothers forfamily relationsen_US
dc.identifier.citationRamathibodi Nursing Journal; Vol. 13 No. 1 January - April 2007en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/131789
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol Universityen_US
dc.rightsFaculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailanden_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/RNJ/issue/archiveen_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/RNJ/article/view/4495en_US
dc.titleThe Relationship between Spouseûs Social Support, Perception of Breastfeeding, and Maternal Newborn Attachment in Postpartum Mothersen_US
dc.typeArticlesen_US
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