Development of the fertility adjustment scale

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 623-628

  Glover, Lesley ^a   Hunter, Myra ^a   Richards, Jeanne Marie ^a   Katz, Maurice ^a   Abel, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Distress; Infertility; Measure

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033215498     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00304-0     Document Type: Article

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