Prenatal Yoga in Late Pregnancy and Optimism, Power, and Well-Being

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-36

  Reis, Pamela J ^a   Alligood, Martha R ^a   Karnick, Paula M ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Emergency Nurses Association   (United States)

Author keywords

optimism; power; prenatal; Rogers; science of unitary human beings; well being

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; YOGA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; YOGA;

EID: 84891897816     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: 15527409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318413509706     Document Type: Article

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