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EPI and IPAT anxiety scale performance in young women as related to breast feeding during infancy
Author(s) -
Hughes R. N.,
Hawkins Anthea B.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197510)31:4<663::aid-jclp2270310419>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - neuroticism , psychology , anxiety , developmental psychology , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , personality , psychiatry , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Performance of female first-year psychology students on the EPI and IPAT anxiety scale were examined in relation to length of breast-feeding during infancy. Ss who never were breast fed scored significantly higher on the IPAT scale and the EPI neuroticism dimension than breast-fed Ss irrespective of duration. The results were discussed in the light of future investigations of mother-child relationships.