A longitudinal study of the effect of psychosocial factors on exclusive breastfeeding duration de Jager, Emily, Broadbent, Jaclyn, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew, Nagle, Cate, McPhie, Skye and Skouteris, Helen 2015, A longitudinal study of the effect of psychosocial factors on exclusive breastfeeding duration, Midwifery, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 103-111, doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.06.009. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A longitudinal study of the effect of psychosocial factors on exclusive breastfeeding duration Author(s) de Jager, Emily Broadbent, Jaclyn orcid.org/0000-0003-4045-2039 Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-6057 Nagle, Cate orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-6379 McPhie, Skye Skouteris, Helen Journal name Midwifery Volume number 31 Issue number 1 Start page 103 End page 111 Total pages 9 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2015-01 ISSN 0266-6138 Keyword(s) exclusive breastfeeding breastfeeding duration psychosocial factors Summary Objective to examine the effect of psychosocial factors on exclusive breastfeeding duration to six months postpartum Design longitudinal, prospective questionnaire based study. Setting participants were recruited from a publically funded antenatal clinic located in the western metropolitan region of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and asked to complete questionnaires at three time points; 32 weeks pregnancy, two months postpartum and six months postpartum. Participants the participants were 125 pregnant women aged 22–44 years. Measurements and findings psychosocial variables such as breastfeeding self-efficacy, body attitude, psychological adjustment, attitude towards pregnancy, intention, confidence and motivation to exclusively breastfeed and importance of exclusive breastfeeding were assessed using a range of psychometrically validated tools. Exclusive breastfeeding behaviour up to six months postpartum was also measured. At 32 weeks gestation a woman׳s confidence to achieve exclusive breastfeeding was a direct predictor of exclusive breastfeeding duration to six months postpartum. At two months postpartum, psychological adjustment and breastfeeding self-efficacy were predictive of exclusive breastfeeding duration. Finally, at six months postpartum, psychological adjustment, breastfeeding self-efficacy, confidence to maintain and feeling fat were directly predictive of exclusive breastfeeding duration. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.midw.2014.06.009 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920507 Women's Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2014, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30065482 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 28 Aug 2014, 13:44:58 EST Fri, 29 Aug 2014, 08:42:11 EST Fri, 29 Aug 2014, 08:43:02 EST Fri, 29 Aug 2014, 09:20:44 EST Fri, 29 Aug 2014, 09:21:25 EST Wed, 03 Sep 2014, 10:14:13 EST Thu, 04 Sep 2014, 12:23:28 EST Thu, 04 Sep 2014, 12:24:47 EST Wed, 17 Sep 2014, 13:53:37 EST Thu, 25 Sep 2014, 09:09:23 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 12:50:52 EST Mon, 24 Nov 2014, 12:53:06 EST Fri, 06 Feb 2015, 11:30:47 EST Thu, 12 Feb 2015, 11:24:18 EST Thu, 12 Feb 2015, 11:25:12 EST Fri, 09 Oct 2015, 17:07:55 EST Mon, 12 Oct 2015, 15:34:06 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 28 times in TR Web of Science Cited 34 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 982 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 28 Aug 2014, 13:44:50 EST by Jaclyn Broadbent