Infant temperament and maternal anxiety and depressed mood in the early postpartum period

Women and Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-71

  Britton, John R ^a  

^a Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depressed mood; Infant; Postpartum; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERAMENT; TIME;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952518460     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2011.540741     Document Type: Article

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