Fathers' coping style, antenatal preparation, and experiences of labor and the postpartum

Birth

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 177-184

  Greenhalgh, Rebecca ^a,c   Slade, Pauline ^d   Spiby, Helen ^b  

^a Sheffield Children's National Health Service Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Psychological Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 0034279619     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536x.2000.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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