Relationships among maternal-fetal attachment, prenatal depression, and health practices in pregnancy

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-217

  Lindgren, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Depression; Health behaviors; Health practices; Maternal fetal attachment; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBJECT RELATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035377870     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.1023     Document Type: Article

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