Women's and men's perceptions of infertility and their associations with psychological adjustment: A dyadic approach

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Benyamini, Yael ^a   Gozlan, Miri ^b   Kokia, Ehud ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELLBEING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE INFERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 63249127069     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910708X279288     Document Type: Article

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