Psychological functioning and predictors of father-infant relationship in IVF fathers and controls

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-78

  Hjelmstedt, Anna ^a   Collins, Aila ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Father infant relationship; In vitro fertilization; Men; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT; IRRITABLE MOOD; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 38949187161     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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