ArticleChild: care, health and development2014
Longitudinal associations between breastfeeding and observed mother-child interaction qualities in early childhood.
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- The relationships between optimal infant feeding practices and child development and attained height at age 2 years and 6-7 years.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Trial
- Breastfeeding Behaviors and Maternal Interaction Quality in a Low-Income, Ethnic Minority Population.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2020Trial
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- The effects of breastfeeding duration on children's behavior problems at around 3 years of age.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The association of early life factors with depression and anxiety in adults aged 40-69 years: a population-based cohort study.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- The role of breastfeeding and formula feeding regarding depressive symptoms and an impaired mother child bonding.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Breastfeeding at Any Cost? Adverse Effects of Breastfeeding Pain on Mother-Infant Behavior.Biology · 2023Article
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- Breastfeeding Experiences During the COVID-19 Lockdown in the United Kingdom: An Exploratory Study Into Maternal Opinions and Emotional States.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2021Article
- UK mothers' experiences of bottle refusal by their breastfed baby.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- An early intervention to promote maternal sensitivity in the perinatal period for women with psychosocial vulnerabilities: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2020Article
- Late weaning and maternal closeness, associated with advanced motor and visual maturation, reinforce autonomy in healthy, 2-year-old children.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- [Breastfeeding and externalizing behaviors in childhood and adolescence in a birth cohort].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2018Article
- Breastfeeding duration predicts greater maternal sensitivity over the next decade.Developmental psychology · 2018Article
- Breastfeeding and mental health in adulthood: A birth cohort study in Brazil.Journal of affective disorders · 2016Article
- Association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age: a prospective birth cohort study from Brazil.The Lancet. Global health · 2015Article
- Breastfeeding and active bonding protects against children's internalizing behavior problems.Nutrients · 2013Article
- Breastfeeding and Adult Personality.European journal of personalityArticle
- Co-use of tobacco and marijuana during pregnancy: Pathways to externalizing behavior problems in early childhood.Neurotoxicology and teratologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDespite extensive literature on the role of breastfeeding in maternal and child health and cognitive development, few studies have systematically tested whether breastfeeding predicts children's socio-emotional outcomes. The present study examined associations between trajectories of breastfeeding and observed parent-child interaction qualities of maternal sensitivity, child positivity, and child negativity from 6 months to 3 years of age.
methodsData were drawn from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (n = 1306 US families). Hierarchical linear modelling accounted for demographic and early characteristics, including home environment, maternal depression, and observed global relationship quality.
resultsBreastfeeding was associated with increases in observed maternal sensitivity over time, even after the effects of demographic and early characteristics were controlled. Accounting for the covariates, breastfeeding was not associated with child behaviour (i.e. positivity, negativity) in mother-child interaction across early childhood.
conclusionsImproved relationship quality, specifically through changes in maternal behaviour, may be another advantage experienced by breastfeeding mothers and children.
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