Predictors of family and marital functioning at early postpartum

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2588-2597

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Family and marital functioning; Family sense of coherence; Midwives; Parenthood; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CHINA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84908146395     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12394     Document Type: Article

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