Parenting satisfaction during the immediate postpartum period: Factors contributing to mothers' and fathers' perceptions

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1716-1728

  Salonen, Anne H ^a   Kaunonen, Marja ^a   Åstedt Kurki, Päivi ^a   Järvenpää, Anna Liisa ^b   Isoaho, Hannu ^c   Tarkka, Marja Terttu ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

^c Statcon Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Family nursing; Infants; Parenting; Parents; Personal satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77955958898     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02971.x     Document Type: Article

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