Internal and external contributors to maternal mental health and marital adaptation one year after birth: Comparisons of mothers of pre-term and full-term twins

Women and Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 39-60

  Findler, Liora ^a   Taubman Ben Ari, Orit ^a   Jacob, Kuint ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Marital adaptation; Mental health; Mothers of full term and pre term twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TWINS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TWINS;

EID: 46449107761     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v46n04_03     Document Type: Article

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