Expectancies of infant-feeding methods among mothers in three ethnic groups
| Autor: | David K. Rassin, David E. Bee, C. Joan Richardson, Tom Baranowski, Judy L. Palmer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Expectancy theory
Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Breastfeeding Ethnic group Construct validity General Medicine General Chemistry Developmental psychology Maximum likelihood factor analysis Multiple logistic regression analysis Psychology Lower income Infant feeding Applied Psychology Demography |
| Zdroj: | Psychology & Health. 5:59-75 |
| ISSN: | 1476-8321 0887-0446 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08870449008400410 |
| Popis: | The psychometric characteristics and construct validity of an inventory of expectancy statements about breast- and formula-feeding were assessed to refine a measure of the predictors of breastfeeding initiation and maintenance. Respondents were a tri-ethnic sample of mostly lower income mothers within two days after delivery. Ninety-six expectancy items reflecting eight hypothesized domains in expectancies of breastfeeding (BF) and formula-feeding(FF) were submitted to maximum likelihood factor analysis. Four factors were determined: “Benefits of BF,” “Relative Advantages of FF,” “Inconveniences of FF,” and “Relative Inconveniences of BF.” All factors were significantly related to actual BF of the new infant in the expected directions using unweighted factor scores in a multiple logistic regression analysis. Predicted BF closely matched actual BF for all ethnicities combined with a total error rate for misclassification of only 14%. This match was high for Anglo- and Black-American mothers. Each ... |
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