International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
Vol 6, No 2: June 2017

Motivation as Mediator between Family Support to the Readiness of Pregnant Woman in Exclusive Breastfeeding

Sri Mulyani (Universitas Sebelas Maret)
A. A. Subiyanto (Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Sapja Anantanyu (Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Supriyadi Heri Respati (Hospital Dr. Moerwadi-Surakarta)
Budiyanti Wiboworini (Universitas Sebelas Maret)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2017

Abstract

The success of the implementation of exclusive breastfeeding in the community is depend on the readiness of pregnant mothers in exclusive breastfeeding. This readiness is influenced by several factors including motivation and support exclusive breastfeeding by family. This study aimed to examine the empirical model that shows the motivational role as mediators of the relationship between family support of readiness pregnant mothers in exclusive breastfeeding. Cross-sectional study performed on pregnant women in Surakarta. A sample of 150 respondents mother in her first time pregnancy. The closed questionnaire of Likert scale developed to measure three variables of the study. Path analysis procedure used to test the hypothesis of motivational role as mediator relations between two other variables. The results showed that all three variables had a significant relation (p <0.001). The relationship between family support to readiness pregnant women after entering motivation as covariates remained significant but decreased significantly path coefficient (β = 0.365; p <0.001 becomes β = 0.260; p = 0.001). Thus the motivation become a mediator relationship with the family support of readiness pregnant mothers in exclusive breastfeeding.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJPHS

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Subject

Health Professions

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International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes material on all aspects of public health science. This IJPHS provides the ideal platform for the discussion of more sophisticated public health research and practice for authors and readers world ...