TY - JOUR ID - 4006 TI - The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Breastfeeding Success in Lactating Mothers JO - International Journal of Pediatrics JA - IJP LA - en SN - 2345-5047 AU - Haghighi, Mahnaz AU - Abbasi, Razieh AD - Department of Pediatrics, Kazeroon Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazeroon ,Iran. AD - Department of Medicine, Kazeroon Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazeroon ,Iran. Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 3 IS - 2.1 SP - 15 EP - 21 KW - Breastfeeding KW - breastfeeding success KW - Emotional intelligence (EI) KW - Emotional Quotient (EQ) DO - 10.22038/ijp.2015.4006 N2 - Introduction: Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to promote children's health. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and success of breastfeeding. Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study in referring of multiple health centers in Shiraz, sample of 150 mothers with children aged one to three 3 years were selected using convenience sampling method and divided to breast fed and formula fed children groups, they obtained Bar-on and demographic questionnaire .Data were analyzed by SPSS software and Significant level for all tests was considered as 5%. Results: Mean age of mothers was 28.8±4.3 and the mean age of children was 19.80±5.8 years in breast fed and  18.98±6.25 in formula fed infants (p=0.406)   ; 45.3% of them were high school graduates or low literate, and the rest of them were college educated. 71.3% of the women were housewives and most of them were nulliparous. 71.3% of all women had cesarean delivery. The mean duration of breastfeeding in children  were 14.80±4.35 month in breast fed and  3.98±1.25 month in formula fed infants (p<0.001) . In terms of the average age, education and child birth rank, the two groups were not significantly different. Emotional Intelligence in the group of lactating mothers was significantly higher than non-lactating mothers (347 versus 296; P<0.001). Conclusion: Mothers who success in breastfeeding have higher EQ than non-lactating mothers. Since it is possible to identify and promote EQ, therefore, we can help to breastfeeding success of mothers. UR - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_4006.html L1 - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_4006_09ee17ce2eb3d0dc459854da4877cf06.pdf ER -