Parents' postnatal sense of security (PPSS): Development of the PPSS instrument

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-125

  Persson, Eva K ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^a,b   Dykes, Anna Karin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Instrument development; Midwifery; Parents; Postnatal; Reliability; Security; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARENTS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY;

EID: 34047238685     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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