Early Postpartum Parental Preoccupation and Positive Parenting Thoughts: Relationship with Parent-Infant Interaction

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-116

  Kim, Pilyoung ^a   Mayes, Linda ^b   Feldman, Ruth ^c   Leckman, James F ^b   Swain, James E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPARA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

EID: 84875578589     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21359     Document Type: Article

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