Cesarean Childbirth and Psychosocial Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis

Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-314

  DiMatteo, M Robin ^a,b   Lepper, Heidi S ^a   Damush, Teresa M ^a   Morton, Sally C ^b   Carney, Maureen F ^b   Pearson, Marjorie ^b   Kahn, Katherine L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean; Childbirth method; Meta analysis; Psychosocial outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM;

BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030179934     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.15.4.303     Document Type: Review

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