Associations of psychosocial factors with maternal confidence among Japanese and vietnamese mothers

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-127

  Goto, Aya ^a   Nguyen, Quang Vinh ^b   van Nguyen, Thi Tu ^c   Pham, Nghiem Minh ^d   Chung, Thi Mong Thuy ^d   Trinh, Huu Phuc ^c   Yabe, Junko ^e   Sasaki, Hitomi ^a   Yasumura, Seiji ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hanh Phuc Women and Children Hospital Project   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^d Tu Du Obstetrical and Gynecological Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^e Public Health Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child rearing; Japan; Maternal confidence; Self efficacy; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849153775     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-009-9291-9     Document Type: Article

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