Pregnancy after early pregnancy loss: A prospective study of anxiety, depressive symptomatology and coping

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-113

  Bergner, Annekathrin ^a   Beyer, Reinhard ^a   Klapp, Burghard F ^b   Rauchfuss, Martina ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping; Depressive symptoms; Miscarriage; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STANDARDIZATION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45749139260     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820701687521     Document Type: Article

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