An investigation of the relationship between mother's personality traits, breastfeeding self-efficacy, and perception of insufficient milk supply. Issue 4 (1st July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Menekse, Dilek; Tiryaki, Öznur; Karakaya Suzan, Özge; Cinar, Nursan
• Is Part Of: Health care for women international. Volume 42:Issue 4-6(2021)
• Page Start: 925
• Page End: 941
• Publication Date: 2021-07-01
• Subjects: Women -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Women's health services -- Periodicals; Genital Diseases, Female; Neonatology; Obstetrics; Women -- psychology; Femmes -- Santé et hygiène -- Périodiques; Femmes -- Santé, Services de -- Périodiques; 613.0424405
• DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2021.1892114
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0739-9332

Abstract

Abstract: The researchers planned this study as a descriptive-correlational study to determine the relationship between mothers' personality traits, breastfeeding self-efficacy, and perception of insufficient milk supply. This descriptive, cross-sectional, and analytical study involved 429 mothers in Turkey's Sakarya province who applied to a training and research hospital between February-June 2020. It was found that self-control and openness to development affected breastfeeding self-efficacy positively, while neuroticism affected breastfeeding self-efficacy negatively ( p < 0.05). Breastfeeding self-efficacy had a significant negative effect on the perception of insufficient milk supply ( p < 0.001). Breastfeeding self-efficacy is an important determinant of the amount of milk perceived by mothers.