Maternal fatigue and depression: Identifying vulnerability and relationship to early parenting practices

Advances in Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-291

  Wade, Catherine ^a   Giallo, Rebecca ^a   Cooklin, Amanda ^a  

^a PARENTING RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cluster; Depression; Fatigue; Mothers; Parenting; Postnatal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866297078     PISSN: 18387357     EISSN: 18374905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jamh.2012.10.3.277     Document Type: Article

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