title: The relationship between maternal attachment, perceived social support and breast-feeding sufficiency.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relationship between maternal attachment, perceived social support and breast-feeding sufficiency.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive correlational design.
  
  
  METHODS
  A state hospital and two family health centers in Sakarya, Turkey, between June to December 2011.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample was 122 voluntary mothers who had healthy babies of 1 - 2 months old. The data were collected by a Personal Information Form, Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and Breast-feeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF). The data collected were analysed by percentage distribution, mean square, independent sample t-test, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskall-Wallis and Pearson correlation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the mothers was 25.01 ± 2.2 years, and 48.4% of them were primary school graduates. BSESSF was 61.02 ± 8.44 (16 - 70), MAI was 99.07 ± 7.19 (56 - 100) and MSPSS was 66.40 ± 13.58 (37 - 84). There was a positive, medium level, significant relationship between the total scores of BSES-SF and MAI (r=0.370, p < 0.001). There was a positive, medium level, significant relationship between the total score of BSES-SF and the score from family subdimension of MSPSS (r=0.255, p < 0.01).There was a positive, medium level, significant relationship between the total score of MAI and the total score of family subdimension of MSPSS (r=0.339, p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Successful maternal attachment and familial support positively affected the breast-feeding sufficiency of the mother.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Nursing, Sakarya University, School of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nursan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cinar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Nursing, Sakarya University, School of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Nursing, Sakarya University, School of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altinkaynak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult