Experimental emotional disclosure in women undergoing infertility treatment: Are drop outs better off?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 678-681

  Panagopoulou, Efharis ^a   Montgomery, Anthony ^b   Tarlatzis, Basil ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distress; Drop outs; Emotional disclosure; Expressive writing; Greece; Infertility; Women

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PSYCHOANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WRITING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68749100842     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.031     Document Type: Article

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