Predictors of mothers' postpartum body dissatisfaction

Women and Health

Volumn 49, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 491-504

  Gjerdingen, Dwenda ^a   Fontaine, Patricia ^a   Crow, Scott ^b   McGovern, Patricia ^c   Center, Bruce ^a   Miner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Mental health; Postpartum; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

APPETITE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; PARITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 71849096386     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240903423998     Document Type: Article

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