The relationship of military imposed marital separations on maternal acceptance of pregnancy

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-207

  Weis, Karen L ^a   Lederman, Regina P ^b   Lilly, Anne E ^c   Schaffer, Judith ^d  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c Air Mobility Command ^*  (United States)

^d Scott AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

Military deployment; Pregnancy adaptation; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; TEXAS;

EID: 46249099934     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20248     Document Type: Article

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