Factor structure of the Prenatal Distress Questionnaire

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 553-559

  Alderdice, Fiona ^a   Lynn, Fiona ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Questionnaire; Stress; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960375278     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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