Contemporary Women's Adaptation to Motherhood: The First 3 to 6 Weeks Postpartum

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 344-351

  Aber, Cynthia ^a   Weiss, Marianne ^b,c   Fawcett, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; mixed method research; motherhood; postpartum; Roy adaptation model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIXED METHOD RESEARCH; MOTHER; POSTPARTUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; ROY ADAPTATION MODEL;

ADAPTATION; MIXED METHOD RESEARCH; MOTHERHOOD; POSTPARTUM; ROY ADAPTATION MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; WOMEN;

EID: 84884845006     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: 15527409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318413500345     Document Type: Article

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