Mental training during pregnancy. Feelings and experiences during pregnancy and birth and parental stress 1year after birth - A pilot study

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-36

  Hildingsson, Ingegerd ^a,b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth experience; Follow up study; Mental training; Parental stress; Parenthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TRAINING; NEWBORN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTHOOD; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PARTURITION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856790420     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: 18775764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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