Childbirth fear in expectant fathers: Findings from a regional Swedish cohort study

Midwifery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 242-247

  Hildingsson, Ingegerd ^a,b   Johansson, Margareta ^a,e   Fenwick, Jennifer ^c   Haines, Helen ^b,d   Rubertsson, Christine ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Fathers; Fear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATHER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FATHERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PARTURITION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894248741     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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