A stress-coping transactional model of low mood following childbirth

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-143

  Honey, Kyla L ^a   Morgan, Michelle ^a   Bennett, Paul ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0042242872     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0264683031000124082     Document Type: Article

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