Mothers' and Fathers' Orientations: Patterns of Pregnancy, Parenting and the Bonding Process

Parenthood and Mental Health: A Bridge between Infant and Adult Psychiatry

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 9-22

  Raphael Leff, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contagious arousal emotional forces triggered by intimate contact with newborn; Model of maternal orientations understanding women's subjective approaches to pregnancy; Mothering postnatal nurture as extension of pregnancy; Mothers' and fathers' orientations patterns of pregnancy, parenting and bonding process; Paternal orientations stable partnerships mitigating psychogenic conflicts; Postnatal disturbances parenting difficult for primary carers; Pregnancy and 'placental paradigm' intertwining of biological, psychological and social systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865446957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470660683.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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