Assessing prenatal attachment in a sample of Italian women

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-98

  Della Vedova, Anna Maria ^a   Dabrassi, Francesca ^a   Imbasciati, Antonio ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Attachment theory; Prenatal attachment inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL ATTACHMENT INVENTORY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 42149193730     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830701805349     Document Type: Article

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