Is this the one you are thinking of? They *didn't* find less
delinquency with increasing duration of bfdg, but did find closer
parent-child relationships.
Margaret
Longmont, CO
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10214606&dopt=Citation
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 1999 Apr;13(2):144-57.
Breast feeding and later psychosocial adjustment.
Fergusson DM, Woodward LJ.
Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand.
The relationship between the duration of breast feeding and
psychosocial outcomes measured between the ages of 15 and 18 years
was examined in a birth cohort of 999 New Zealand children. During
the period from birth to 1 year, information was collected on
maternal breast-feeding practices. Between the ages of 15 and 18
years, sample members were assessed using a range of psychosocial
measures, including measures of the quality of parent-child
relationships, juvenile delinquency, substance abuse and mental
health.
Children who were breast fed for a longer duration were more likely
to report higher levels of parental attachment and tended to perceive
their mothers as being more caring and less overprotective towards
them compared with bottle-fed children.
No association was found between the extent of breast feeding and
subsequent rates of juvenile offending, substance use and mental
health in later life.
Mothers who elected to breast feed were also more likely to be older,
better educated, living with a partner, less likely to smoke during
pregnancy, and to come from advantaged socio-economic backgrounds
characterised by better living standards and a higher family income.
Rates of breast feeding were also greater among mothers who gave
birth to a first-born child of higher birthweight. After adjustment
for these maternal and perinatal factors, the duration of breast
feeding remained significantly associated with adolescent perceptions
of maternal care, with increasing duration of breast feeding being
associated with higher levels of perceived maternal care during
childhood. It is concluded that: (a) it is unlikely that breast
feeding is associated with reduced risks of psychiatric disorder in
later life; (b) breast feeding may lead to closer parent-child
relationships; and (c) it is unlikely that the association between
breast feeding and cognitive development is mediated by intervening
processes relating to improved psychosocial adjustment in breast-fed
children.
>My graduate student (social work) daughter is writing a paper on attachment
>theory and Erikson's theory of life's stages, and I brought up to her what I
>think was a study done on duration of breastfeeding influencing whether teens
>join gangs (the conclusion was not as likely due to their attachment to
>mom). Does anyone remember this study and have the resource,
>perhaps? I can't
>remember whether I heard of this as LLL leader or during an early
>breastfeeding conference I attended. I welcome replies off list,
>as well as to this
>list. Thank you.
>
>Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, IBCLC
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