Table 2.

The psychometric properties of the Arabic Breastfeeding Behavior Questionnaire

BBQ-A item content	Corrected Item-total correlation	Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted
Item 1: BF in front of a woman	0.616	0.744
Item 2: BF in front of a man and a woman	0.372	0.771
Item 3: BF in a restaurant	0.274	0.782
Item 4: BF outside a restaurant	0.310	0.776
Item 5: BF outside church	0.406	0.766
Item 6: BF inside church	0.273	0.783
Item 7: Influence of mother on BF behavior	0.678	0.735
Item 8: Husband’s influence on BF behavior	0.336	0.773
Item 9: Physician’s influence on BF behavior	0.664	0.736
Item 10: Artificial milk as good as breast milk	0.418	0.765
Item 11: Influence of maternal employment on BF behavior	0.343	0.772
Item 12: Artificial milk is better than BF for baby’s weight gain	0.400	0.767

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