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Table 2 Summary of the categories of the study

From: The use of Kumpfer’s resilience framework in understanding the breastfeeding experience of employed mothers after returning to work: a qualitative study in China

Dynamic interaction

  

Experiencing stressors

Obtaining support

Resilience building

Behavioral resilience

Weaning processes1

Personal pressure

External pressure

Self support

Family

support

Workplace

support

Rolemodels

Traits

Enhanced belief:

Deepened

understanding

of their role

Willingness

to change

Selfadjustment

Natural

weaning

Active

weaning

Forced

weaning

dual role, relapse of old condition and dwindling of milk

family and social doubt,lack of spousal support, distance and economic pressure

began to learn and confidence in milk production

The importance of maternal grandmothers

Peer understanding, a reduced workload, and external support

Family members, colleagues, internet acquaintances

tenacity, perseverance, endurance

"give the child the best" and "breastfeeding to ensure a healthy child

a heightened sense of responsibility and natural instincts and a closer mother–child bond

“giving up oneself” and learning new information/skills

Feeding methods adjustment, milk production adjustment and schedule adjustment