Profile of mood states and parental attitudes in motherhood: Comparing women with planned and unplanned pregnancies

Birth

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-114

  Grussu, Pietro ^a,d   Quatraro, Rosa M ^b   Nasta, Maria T ^c  

^a National Health Service   (Italy)

^b Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d National Health Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOOD DISORDER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23944471222     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2005.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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