Maternal adjustment five months after birth: The impact of the subjective experience of childbirth and emotional support from the partner

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 190-202

  Lemola, Sakari ^a   Stadlmayr, Werner ^b   Grob, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILDBIRTH; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSTETRICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 34547521998     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830701467231     Document Type: Article

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