Prenatal attachment in Swedish IVF fathers and controls

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 296-307

  Hjelmstedt, Anna ^a   Widström, Ann Marie ^a   Collins, Aila ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHASTHENIA; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN;

EID: 36448974548     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830701668911     Document Type: Article

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