The Relationship of Postpartum Depression With Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Perceived Social Support in the Postpartum Period: A Sample From an Obstetrics-Gynaecology and Paediatrics Hospital.

Publication date: Sep 01, 2025

This study aimed to examine the relationship between the postpartum depression levels of mothers and their breastfeeding self-efficacy and perceived social support. This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 180 mothers between October 2022 and May 2023. The data were collected using a “Personal Information Form”, the “Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)”, the “Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF)”, and the “Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS)”. Data collection took place in the hospital’s outpatient clinics and breastfeeding rooms by face-to-face interviews. The data obtained in the study were analysed using the free trial version of the SPSS Statistics for Windows 25. 0 program. A statistically significant negative relationship was found between the EPDS and BSES-SF scores of the participants (p 

Concepts Keywords
Breastfeeding Adult
Clinics Breast Feeding
October breastfeeding
Outpatient Cross-Sectional Studies
Statistics Depression, Postpartum
Female
Humans
Mothers
perceived social support
postpartum depression
Postpartum Period
Self Efficacy
self‐efficacy
Social Support
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH Postpartum Depression

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