Mothers' trait anxiety and adaptation to an infant born subsequent to the loss of a late pregnancy

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 216-218

  Agterberg, G ^a   Wladimiroff, J W ^b   Hunfeld, J A M ^b   Passchier, J ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031067533     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.1.216     Document Type: Article

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