Functional infertility and femininity: A comparison of infertile women and their mothers

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-382

  Kipper, David A ^a   Zadik, Hana ^b  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTROVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030057830     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199607)52:4<375::AID-JCLP1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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