Coping strategies as psychological risk factor for antenatal anxiety, worries, and depression among Greek women

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 353-361

  Gourounti, Kleanthi ^a,c   Anagnostopoulos, Fotios ^b   Lykeridou, Katerina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antenatal anxiety; Antenatal depression; Coping strategies; IVF conception; Pregnancy worries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885023325     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-013-0338-y     Document Type: Article

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