The relationship between attachment style and postpartum depression

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 557-572

  Ikeda, Mari ^a   Hayashi, Momoko ^b   Kamibeppu, Kiyoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attachment Style Interview; insecure attachment style; Japanese; postpartum depression; pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911975595     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2014.941884     Document Type: Article

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