The relationship between oxytocin levels with empathy and breastfeeding intention in female medical students: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Scientific evidence regarding the relationship of oxytocin to social and emotional behavior is consistently reported. This study aims to analyze the relationship between empathy and breastfeeding intention with oxytocin levels in medical students. A cross-sectional study of 59 female students at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta in April 2018-June 2019 selected by purposive sampling technique. The measurement of empathy level using the ©Jafferson Emphatic Scale Student Version (JES-SV) questionnaire, breastfeeding intention using the Infant Feeding Intentions (IFI) questionnaire, and oxytocin levels using the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Analysis of the relationship between oxytocin levels with empathy and breastfeeding intention used the in

SUBMITTER: Permatasari TAE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486696 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature