The nature of touch in mothers experiencing maternity blues: The contribution of parity

Early Human Development

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-75

  Ferber, Sari Goldstein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Baby blues; Maternal touch; Maternity blues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOUCH; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TOUCH;

EID: 3843125689     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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