Altered perceptions of personal control about retained weight and depressive symptoms in low-income postpartum women

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-157

  Sterling, Bobbie Sue ^a   Fowles, Eileen R ^a   Garcia, Alexandra A ^a   Jenkins, Sandra K ^b   Wilkinson, Susan ^c   Kim, Minseong ^a   Kim, Sunghun ^a   Latimer, Lara ^a   Walker, Lorraine O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; POVERTY;

EID: 70349728363     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370010903034524     Document Type: Article

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