Abstract

Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between breastfeeding success and breastfeeding self-efficacy and maternal infant attachment.
 Methods: The study was conducted in xxx Family Health Center between March -June 2017. The questionnaire form, the LATCH Breastfeeding Identification and Assessment Scale, the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Maternal Attachment Inventory were used to collect data in the study. The Kruskall Wallis Analysis Mann, Whitney-U Analysis, Spearman Correlation and Kurtosis and skewness coefficients, Internal consistency Cronbach α coefficient were used in data analysis.
 Results: The women who participated in the study had an average score of 9.87±0.42 in the LATCH Breastfeeding Identification and Assessment Scale, 63.51±10.71 in the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale and 101.58±2.28 in the Maternal Attachment Inventory. The difference between the average Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scores according to the level of education and time when breastfeeding started was statistically significant (p

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