Pain and emotions reported after childbirth and recalled 6 months later: The role of controllability

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-103

  Tinti, Carla ^a   Schmidt, Susanna ^b   Businaro, Nicoletta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childbirth; controllability; emotions; memory; pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL RECALL; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PAIN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 79955850949     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0167482X.2011.557756     Document Type: Article

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