The relationship between mothers' obsessive and compulsive behaviours regarding baby care and breastfeeding self-efficacy: the mediator role of postpartum depression

DUMAN R., Kaya H.

EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE, vol.194, no.9-10, pp.977-988, 2024 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 194 Issue: 9-10
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/03004430.2024.2393792
  • Journal Name: EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo
  • Page Numbers: pp.977-988
  • Keywords: baby care, breastfeeding self-efficacy, obsessive-compulsive disorder, postpartum depression, the mediator role
  • Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The present study aims to examine the mediator role of postpartum depression in the relationship between mothers' obsessive and compulsive behaviours regarding baby care and breastfeeding self-efficacy. The study has a correlational survey design. The regression analysis method was employed to test the mediator role. A significant negative correlation was identified between mothers' obsessive and compulsive behaviours regarding baby care and breastfeeding self-efficacy. A significant negative correlation was determined between breastfeeding self-efficacy and postpartum depression. A significant positive correlation was revealed between postpartum depression and mothers' obsessive and compulsive behaviours regarding baby care. Postpartum depression was determined to play a full mediator role in the relationship between mothers' obsessive and compulsive behaviours regarding baby care and breastfeeding self-efficacy. An increase in mothers' obsessive and compulsive behaviours regarding baby care will increase postpartum depression and adversely affect breastfeeding self-efficacy.