Adult attachment at the transition to motherhood: Predicting worry, health care utility and relationship functioning

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-363

  Trillingsgaard, Tea ^a   Elklit, Ask ^b   Shevlin, Mark ^c   Maimburg, Rikke D ^a,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adult attachment; health care utility; relationship functioning; transition to parenthood; worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PARENTAL STRESS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SATISFACTION; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 84858189240     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2011.611937     Document Type: Article

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