Results from ANOVA and GLM,
using SPSS20, indicate that children who were breastfed and whose mothers actively
engaged with them displayed the lowest risk of internalizing problems (mean = 10.01,
SD = 7.21), while those who were neither exclusively breastfed nor exposed to active
bonding had the least protection against later internalizing problems (mean = 12.79,
SD = 8.14). The effect of breastfeeding on internalizing pathology likely represents a
biosocial and holistic effect of physiological, and nutritive, and maternal-infant
bonding benefits