Emotional distress and prenatal attachment in pregnancy after perinatal loss

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-345

  Armstrong, Deborah Smith ^a,b  

^a Lota Zeta   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Emotional distress; Perinatal loss; Pregnancy; Pregnancy specific anxiety; Prenatal attachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OBJECT RELATION; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036364422     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2002.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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