A comparison of adult and teenage mother's self-esteem and satisfaction with social support

Midwifery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 269-276

  McVeigh, Carol ^a   Smith, Mavis ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Practising Midwife   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034584679     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.2000.0226     Document Type: Article

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