Psychometric aspects of the W-DEQ; A new questionnaire for the measurement of fear of childbirth

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 84-97

  Wijma, K ^a   Wijma, B ^a   Zar, M ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Delivery; Fear; Fear of childbirth; Psychometrics; W DEQ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; DOCUMENTATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIPARA; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031839822     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674829809048501     Document Type: Article

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