Psychosocial correlates of exclusive breastfeeding duration to six months postpartum de Jager, Emily 2014, Psychosocial correlates of exclusive breastfeeding duration to six months postpartum, Doctorate of Psychology (Health) thesis, School of Psychology, Deakin University. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads de-jager-psychosocial-2014A.pdf Connect to thesis application/pdf 6.19MB 442 Title Psychosocial correlates of exclusive breastfeeding duration to six months postpartum Author de Jager, Emily Institution Deakin University School School of Psychology Faculty Faculty of Health Degree type Research doctorate Degree name Doctorate of Psychology (Health) Thesis advisor Skouteris, Helen Broadbent, Jaclyn orcid.org/0000-0003-4045-2039 Stokes, Mark orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-4544 Date submitted 2014 Summary  In Australia 17% of infants are exclusively breastfed to six months postpartum. This thesis examined the effect of psychosocial factors on women’s ability to maintain exclusive breastfeeding. The thesis demonstrated the paucity of research in this area and the importance of psychosocial factors such as breastfeeding self-efficacy and psychological adjustment in women’s exclusive breastfeeding outcomes. Language eng Field of Research 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health Description of original 332 Copyright notice ©The author Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30067387 Document type: Thesis Collections: Higher degree theses (Open Access) Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 13 Nov 2014, 17:15:02 EST Fri, 14 Nov 2014, 09:20:58 EST Thu, 20 Nov 2014, 14:09:49 EST Tue, 17 Feb 2015, 13:12:30 EST Fri, 06 Oct 2017, 09:15:17 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 10:40:35 EST Tue, 07 Aug 2018, 09:39:37 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 19:01:32 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 249 Abstract Views, 444 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 13 Nov 2014, 17:14:53 EST by fez