The expected child versus the actual child: Implications for the mother-baby bond

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-102

  Pearce, H ^a   Ayers, S ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 15944422226     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0264683042000325528     Document Type: Article

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