The Prenatal Distress Questionnaire: An investigation of factor structure in a high risk population

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 456-464

  Alderdice, Fiona ^a   Savage McGlynn, Emily ^b   Martin, Colin ^c   McAuliffe, Fionnuala ^d   Hunter, Alyson ^e   Unterscheider, Julia ^f   Daly, Sean ^g   Geary, Michael ^h   Kennelly, Mairead ⁱ   O'Donoghue, Keelin ^j   Morrison, John J ^k   Burke, Gerald ^l   Dicker, Patrick ^f   Tully, Elizabeth ^f   Malone, Fergal ^f  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e ROYAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^g Tallaght and Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital   (Ireland)

^h ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^k NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

pregnancy; psychosocial factors; quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DISTRESS QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84887985889     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2013.830210     Document Type: Article

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