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KMID : 0387619930030020126
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Korean Journal of Maternal Child Health Nursing
1993 Volume.3 No. 2 p.126 ~ p.141
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The Pattern of Attitude of Pregnant Women on Breast Feeding
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to understand the pattern of the pregnant women' attitude on breast feeding.
@ES The research had been proceeded as follows ;
1. Delineation of the Q-population : the statements of Q-population had been derived from review of the related literature and a open-ended questionnaire filled by nurses, mursing students, general public, and the pregnant women
2. Selection of the Q-sample : Among 105 concourse, those which has obscure or overlapped were deleted. 38 concourse were selected finally.
3. Selection of the P-sample : by the convenient sampling technique, 28 subjects had been deter mined among the pregnant women who visited a hospital affiliated with university for the antenatal care, from March to August, 1993.
4. Q-sorting : based on l to 9 point scale (forced normal distribution), the selected P-sample rated their operant definition of breast feeding.
5. Determination of Q-type : with Q-sorts, PC-Quanal program identified the three Q-types.
6. Analysis of Q-type : the characteristics of three different attitude had been analyzed based on the typal array, extreme comments, and sub-ject~s demographic information.
The results revealed that there are three different attitudes with regard to breast feeding : Instinct oriented attitude, Science oriented attitude, and Convenience oriented attitude.
Mothers with lnstinct oriented attitude and Science oriented attitude are thought to have high possibility to breastfeed their infant willingly, and mothers with Convenience oriented attitude to breast feed under the favorable conditions.
These findings can be used as the information giving data for the education to encourage breast feeding.
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