Weight and Weight-Related Distress after Childbirth: Relationships to Stress, Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-405

  Walker, Lorraine O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABOR; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031465632     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089801019701500406     Document Type: Article

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