Experience and Personality Differences Among Breast- and Bottle-feeding Mothers

Twenty breast-feeding (BF) mothers and twenty artificially feeding (AF) mothers were studied to assess the relationship between different feeding modes and the mother's enjoyment of feeding and her attitude toward and style of weaning the child to a cup. Besides administering a 30-45-minute sem...

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Published in:Psychology of women quarterly 1979-06, Vol.3 (4), p.344-356
Main Authors: Berg-Cross, Linda, Berg-Cross, Gary, McGeehan, Deborah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambivalence
Breastfeeding & lactation
Feminism
Feminist psychology
Males
Mothers
Psychology
Sensation seeking
Stimulation
Weaning
Womens studies
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Summary:Twenty breast-feeding (BF) mothers and twenty artificially feeding (AF) mothers were studied to assess the relationship between different feeding modes and the mother's enjoyment of feeding and her attitude toward and style of weaning the child to a cup. Besides administering a 30-45-minute semistructured interview, a sensation seeking scale and the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist (MAACL) were administered. Results indicated the BF mothers were higher sensation seekers, more satisfied with the feeding experience, and more ambivalent about weaning than the AF mothers. The BF mothers favored waiting for the child to initiate weaning, and breast-fed males were weaned significantly later than bottle-fed males. It appears that mode of feeding and optimal levels of stimulation are related to how the mother experiences infant feeding, although additional research is warranted.
ISSN:0361-6843
1471-6402
DOI:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1979.tb00684.x