Important variables for parents' postnatal sense of security: evaluating a new Swedish instrument (the PPSS instrument)

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-460

  Persson, Eva K ^a   Dykes, Anna Karin ^a  

^a Division of Nursing   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empowering; Parents; Participation; Postnatal; Pregnancy; Sense of security

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649625698     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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