Family sense of coherence and family adaptation among childbearing couples

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 82-90

  Ngai, Fei Wan ^a   Ngu, Siew Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Childbearing couples; Depressive symptoms; Family and marital functioning; Family sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBEARING COUPLES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; FAMILY; FAMILY AND MARITAL FUNCTIONING; FAMILY SENSE OF COHERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

CHILDBEARING COUPLES; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; FAMILY AND MARITAL FUNCTIONING; FAMILY SENSE OF COHERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896702379     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12045     Document Type: Article

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