Compensatory Health Beliefs on Breastfeeding Varying by Breastfeeding Status; A Scale Development.
Efrat NeterLevana BagantsPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2020)
This study extended CHB to breastfeeding, documenting the minimization of the disadvantages of not breastfeeding by non-breastfeeding women, attempting to neutralize or reduce the cognitive dissonance between non-nursing and optimal infant care. Possible uses of the scale for counselling were suggested, both in the prenatal and post-natal period, proactively bringing forward and addressing ambivalence towards breastfeeding.