Factors Explaining Mothers' Breastfeeding Satisfaction

Purpose: This study was done to investigate the level of breastfeedingsatisfaction, the relationship amongknowledge about breastfeeding, attitude towardbreastfeeding, self-efficacy of breastfeeding, intention of breastfeeding, andperceivedsocial encouragementofbreastfeedingand thefactorsinfluencingbreastfeedingsatisfactioninmothers 3~6 months after birth. Methods: For this descriptive research, 209motherswhohadbeenbreastfeedingtheirbabiesagreedtoparticipateinthisstudy.Dataonmother'ssatisfaction,knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, intention, and perceived social encouragement regarding breastfeeding werecollectedbyclosed-endedquestionnairesonSeptember 14, 2007 at a contest for healthy breast-fed babies. Results: Themajorfindingsof thisstudywereasfollows: First,thereweresignificantdifferencesinthebreastfeeding satisfactionlevelaccordingtoplannedlengthofbreastfeeding(F=10.43,p<.001).Second,therewasasignificantrelationshipbetweenbreastfeedingsatisfactionandknowledge aboutbreastfeeding(r=.37,p<.001),attitudetowardbreastfeeding(r=.62,p<.001),self-efficacyofbreastfeeding(r=.66, p<.001),intentionofbreastfeeding(r=.40,p<.001),andper