A survey of worries of pregnant women: Reliability and validity of the Greek version of the Cambridge Worry Scale

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 746-753

  Gourounti, K ^a   Lykeridou, K ^a   Taskou, C ^b   Kafetsios, K ^c   Sandall, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b Gaia Private Hospital   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Factor analysis; Pregnancy; Worries

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891671447     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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