Relation Between Perceived Stress, Social Support, and Coping Strategies and Maternal Well-Being: A Review of the Literature

Women and Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-99

  Razurel, Chantal ^a,b   Kaiser, Barbara ^a   Sellenet, Catherine ^b   Epiney, Manuela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

coping strategies; depressive symptoms; maternal well being; perceived stress; postpartum depression; social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875910416     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.732681     Document Type: Article

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