Maternal role development: The impact of maternal distress and social support following childbirth

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-272

  Emmanuel, Elizabeth N ^a   Creedy, Debra K ^b   St John, Winsome ^a   Brown, Claire ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Distress; Mothers; Postnatal depression; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARITY; PARTURITION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79953192250     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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