Occupational social class, coping responses and infertility-related stress of women undergoing infertility treatment

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1971-1980

  Lykeridou, Katerina ^a   Gourounti, Kleanthi ^a   Sarantaki, Antigoni ^a   Loutradis, Dimitrios ^b   Vaslamatzis, Grigorios ^b   Deltsidou, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping strategies; Psychological well being; Reproductive health; Social class; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GREECE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958796154     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03696.x     Document Type: Article

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