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Background and Objective: Continuity of breast-feeding up to 6 months may be associated with some challenges for some mothers. Probably, the maternal
personal characteristics such as their emotions can change the breast-feeding patterns.
The aim of this study was to determine maternal affectivity and the pattern of breast-feeding. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, affectivity and beast-feeding
patterns of 412 mothers was surveyed by Watson's PANAS-X and researcher made
questionnaires and through face to face interviews. Systematic random sampling
was done by using health care centers list in last 6 months. Data was analyzed
using chi-square test, t-test, Fisher's exact and one way ANOVA test. Results: Overall 69.5% mothers had exclusive breast-feeding for 6
months. Mothers who had preterm infants had higher mean score of negative
affectivity (p=0.042) and those who had exclusively breast-feeding had lower
mean score of negative affectivity (p=0.005). The mean scores of positive
affectivity in mothers who had been started the first breast-feeding during the
first hour after birth, were higher (p= 0.040). Conclusion: Mothers
with negative affectivity might be considered as a predictive factor for her
breast-feeding performance. Key words:
Maternal affectivity, Negative affectivity, Positive affectivity, Pattern of
breast-feeding, Six-month infants. Funding:
This study was funded by Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. Conflict of
interest: None declared. Ethical approval: The
Ethics Committee of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences approved the
study. How to cite this article: Ansari Jaberi A, Negahban Bonabi T, Alahtavakoli M, Kazemi M.
Maternal Affectivity and their Infants Feeding Pattern among Referrers to
Health Care Centers in Rafsanjan in 2011. J RafsanjanUniv
Med Sci 2015 14(1): 47-56, [Farsi]
Received: 2014/10/1 | Accepted: 2015/02/25 | Published: 2015/04/26
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