What is it about?
Breastfeeding mother need to be psychologically healthy in order to practise exclusive breastfeeding as recommended. We used multivariate analysis to establish how maternal age, breastfeeding self-efficacy and health locus of control directly and interactively influence dimensions of psychological wellbeing of mothers in Nigeria.
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Why is it important?
Our findings reveal the need for mothers to be confident in breastfeeding and have control over their health-related behaviour to enjoy sufficient dimensions of wellbeing.
Perspectives
I hope this article will throw more lights to the importance of psychological factors in health-related intervention programs for breastfeeding mothers; especially in Nigeria where primary health care is inadequate.
Dr Abiodun Musbau Lawal
Federal University Oye-Ekiti
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This page is a summary of: Examining maternal age, breastfeeding self-efficacy and health locus of control in psychological wellbeing of mothers, Psychology Health & Medicine, April 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2017.1317824.
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