title: Constructing compatibility: managing breast-feeding and weaning from the mother's perspective.
abstract: The purpose of this grounded theory study was to analyze the maternal process of managing the later stages of established breast-feeding and, ultimately, weaning the child from the breast within a Western Australian context. Data were analyzed from 33 participants' interview transcripts, field notes, 9 postal questionnaires from fathers, and individual and discussion group interviews with child health nurses. A common social problem of incompatible expectations was revealed. All participants faced a dilemma in the management of their experience when personal expectations were in opposition to others' expectations. A process of Constructing Compatibility by Adapting Focus was adopted to compensate for this incompatibility.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Yvonne L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Hauck
authors.forename: Vera F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Irurita
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012944:Social Support; D013997:Time Factors; D014886:Weaning; D014904:Western Australia