The relationship between maternal attitudes and symptoms of depression and anxiety among pregnant and postpartum first-time mothers

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-212

  Sockol, Laura E ^a,b,c   Epperson, C Neill ^d   Barber, Jacques P ^e  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Parental attitudes; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDES TOWARD MOTHERHOOD SCALE; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATISTICS; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901677151     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0424-9     Document Type: Article

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