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September 10, 2025Annals of African Medicine

Association of Emotional Intelligence of Primigravida Mothers with Breastfeeding Self-efficacy in the Early Postpartum Period and Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates up to 6 Months

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PRPriyanka ReddyPMPrasanna MithraSRSuchetha Rao

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Overview

Longitudinal study reveals positive correlation between breastfeeding self-efficacy and exclusive breastfeeding rates in primigravida mothers.

Key Points

  • A positive correlation exists between breastfeeding self-efficacy and emotional intelligence scores.
  • Exclusive breastfeeding rates dropped from 96.8% at 2 months to 71.4% at 6 months.
  • Emotional intelligence did not significantly associate with exclusive breastfeeding practices.
  • Breastfeeding self-efficacy was determined as a key factor for successful exclusive breastfeeding.

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Reddy et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c240deb210217d6479c975https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_183_25
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