Personal growth in the wake of stress: The case of mothers of preterm twins

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-204

  Taubman Ben Ari, Orit ^a   Findler, Liora ^a   Kuint, Jacob ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mothers; Personal growth; Preterms; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449118540     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980903472268     Document Type: Article

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