Cumulative psychosocial stress, coping resources, and preterm birth

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 559-568

  McDonald, Sheila W ^a   Kingston, Dawn ^b   Bayrampour, Hamideh ^a   Dolan, Siobhan M ^c   Tough, Suzanne C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Life course; Preterm birth; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; OPTIMISM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; CANADA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84916885996     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0436-5     Document Type: Article

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