Impact of uncertainty, social support, and prenatal coping on the psychological well-being of high-risk pregnant women

Nursing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 356-365

  Giurgescu, Carmen ^a   Penckofer, Sue ^b   Maurer, Marcia C ^c   Bryant, Fred B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

High risk pregnancy; Prenatal coping; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33748793937     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200609000-00008     Document Type: Article

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