Sensitivity of the breastfeeding motivational measurement scale: a known group analysis of first time mothers.

ABSTRACT: Breastfeeding has immense public health value for mothers, babies, and society. But there is an undesirably large gap between the number of new mothers who undertake and persist in breastfeeding compared to what would be a preferred level of accomplishment. This gap is a reflection of the many obstacles, both physical and psychological, that confront new mothers. Previous research has illuminated many of these concerns, but research on this problem is limited in part by the unavailability of a research instrument that can measure the key differences between first-time mothers and experienced mothers, with regard to the challenges they face when breastfeeding and the instructional advice they require. An instrument was designed to measure motivational complexity associated with sustained br

SUBMITTER: Stockdale J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3876990 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature