The impact of premature childbirth on parental bonding

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 542-561

  Hoffenkamp, Hannah N ^a   Tooten, Anneke ^a   Hall, Ruby A S ^a   Croon, Marcel A ^b   Braeken, Johan ^b   Winkel, Frans Willem ^a,c   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^b   van Bakel, Hedwig J A ^b,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c REINIER VAN ARKEL GROUP   (Netherlands)

^d Centre of Infant Mental Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bonding; Investment; Parents; Postpartum period; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872377122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491201000311     Document Type: Article

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