A measurement model of perinatal stressors: Identifying risk for postnatal emotional distress in mothers of high-risk infants

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-100

  DeMier, Richart L ^a,c   Hynan, Michael T ^a   Hatfield, Rebecca F ^d   Varner, Michael W ^e   Harris, Howard B ^b,e   Manniello, Robert L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Springfield   (United States)

^d Parent to Parent   (United States)

^e Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATURITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033961710     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(200001)56:1<89::AID-JCLP8>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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