Influence of interpersonal violence on maternal anxiety, depression, stress and parenting morale in the early postpartum: A community based pregnancy cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Malta, Lise A ^a   McDonald, Sheila W ^a   Hegadoren, Kathy M ^b   Weller, Carol A ^a   Tough, Suzanne C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interpersonal violence; Parenting morale; Postpartum mental health; Pregnancy cohort

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHEN PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ANXIETY; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENTING MORALE INDEX; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIELBERGER STATE ANXIETY INDEX; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ALBERTA; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870916494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-153     Document Type: Article

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