Maternal identity negotiations among low-income women with symptoms of postpartum depression

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 373-385

  Abrams, Laura S ^a   Curran, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; grounded theory; mothering; mothers; poverty; self; stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MINORITY GROUP; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MATERNAL WELFARE; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 79952293240     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310385123     Document Type: Article

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