Pregnant women's cognitive concept concerning their unborn prior to prenatal diagnosis

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-28

  Kowalcek, I ^a,c   Gembruch, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Concept of the unborn; Depression; Foetus; Pregnancy; Prenatal diagnosis; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESTLESSNESS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 47549104593     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000132401     Document Type: Article

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