The impact of miscarriage on women's pregnancy-specific anxiety and feelings of prenatal maternal-fetal attachment during the course of a subsequent pregnancy: An exploratory follow-up study

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-182

  Tsartsara, Eirini ^a,b,d   Johnson, Martin P ^c  

^a British Hellenic College   (Greece)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Follow up; Miscarriage; Prenatal maternal fetal attachment; Subsequent pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPECTANT MOTHER; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MATERNAL ANTENATAL ATTACHMENT SCALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY OUTCOME QUESTIONNAIRE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750877903     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820600646198     Document Type: Article

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