Variations in stress levels over the course of pregnancy: Factors associated with elevated hassles, state anxiety and pregnancy-specific stress

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 609-621

  Da Costa, Deborah ^a   Larouche, Julie ^a   Dritsa, Maria ^a   Brender, William ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hassles; Pregnancy; Pregnancy specific stress; Prospective; State anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033391903     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(99)00064-1     Document Type: Article

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