Factors influencing the quality of intimate relationships six months after delivery - First-time parents' own views and coping strategies

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 163-172

  Ahlborg, Tone ^a   Strandmark, Margaretha ^b  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Intimate relationships; Parenting; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY; DIVORCE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; LOVE; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750889539     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820500463389     Document Type: Article

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