Validation of the Arabic version of the Cohen perceived stress scale (PSS-10) among pregnant and postpartum women

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chaaya, Monique ^a   Osman, Hibah ^a   Naassan, Georges ^a   Mahfoud, Ziyad ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHEN PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERIUM; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STUDENT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 78650069892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-111     Document Type: Article

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