Exploration of a cognitive model to predict post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-359

  Ford, Elizabeth ^a   Ayers, Susan ^a   Bradley, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Brighton Health Care NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Cognitions; PTSD; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARTURITION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77950369329     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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