Anxiety in pregnant and postpartum women. An exploratory study of the role of maternal orientations

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 232-242

  van Bussel, Johan C H ^a   Spitz, Bernard ^b   Demyttenaere, Koen ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bonding; Coping; Longitudinal; Maternal orientation; Personality; Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59649112135     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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