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Atitudes de homens face à amamentação
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A promoção e proteção do aleitamento materno continua a ser necessária e o suporte social, nomeadamente, do companheiro, é considerado um dos fatores determinantes para o sucesso da amamentação. Esta investigação, de carácter exploratório, tem como objetivo investigar as atitudes de homens no que diz respeito à amamentação. A amostra é constituída por 310 homens, com idade superior a 18 anos. O material utilizado foi um questionário sociodemográfico e uma escala de atitudes face à amamentação, construídos para o efeito. Os resultados obtidos, revelam diferenças significativas entre grupos nas variáveis idade e existência de filhos nas componentes cognitiva e afetiva das atitudes, diferenças significativas na componente cognitiva quanto ao estado civil e na componente afetiva quanto ao número de filhos. Os homens cujos filhos foram amamentados apresentam valores acima da média nas componentes cognitiva, afetiva e comportamental, ao contrário dos homens cujos filhos não foram amamentados, porém não se verificam diferenças significativas. Também não se verificam diferenças significativas nas três componentes das atitudes, entre os homens que tiveram influência quanto à tomada de decisão e os que não tiveram qualquer influência. A influência na tomada de decisão é independente das variáveis sociodemográficas em que os homens se encontram.
The promotion and protection of breastfeeding remains necessary and social support, specially, from the partner, is considered one of the determinant factors for the success of breastfeeding. This exploratory investigation aims to investigate men's attitudes towards breastfeeding. The sample consists of 310 men, over the age of 18, who answered a sociodemographic questionnaire and a scale of attitudes towards breastfeeding, built for this purpose. The results reveal significant differences between groups in the variables age and existence of children in the cognitive and affective components of attitudes, significant differences in the cognitive component in marital status variable and significant differences in the affective component in terms of the number of children. Men whose children were breastfed have values above the average in the cognitive, affective and behavioral components, unlike men whose children were not breastfed, but there are no significant differences. There are also no significant differences in the three components of attitudes between men who had an influence on decision-making and those who had no influence. The influence on decision making is independent of the sociodemographic variables in which men belong.
The promotion and protection of breastfeeding remains necessary and social support, specially, from the partner, is considered one of the determinant factors for the success of breastfeeding. This exploratory investigation aims to investigate men's attitudes towards breastfeeding. The sample consists of 310 men, over the age of 18, who answered a sociodemographic questionnaire and a scale of attitudes towards breastfeeding, built for this purpose. The results reveal significant differences between groups in the variables age and existence of children in the cognitive and affective components of attitudes, significant differences in the cognitive component in marital status variable and significant differences in the affective component in terms of the number of children. Men whose children were breastfed have values above the average in the cognitive, affective and behavioral components, unlike men whose children were not breastfed, but there are no significant differences. There are also no significant differences in the three components of attitudes between men who had an influence on decision-making and those who had no influence. The influence on decision making is independent of the sociodemographic variables in which men belong.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no ISPA – Instituto Universitário
para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica.
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Amamentação Atitudes Envolvência do pai Breastfeeding Attitudes Father involvment