The Role of Satisfaction with Social Support on the Psychological Health of Primiparous Mothers in the Perinatal Period

Women and Health

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-186

  Razurel, Chantal ^a   Kaiser, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

anxiety; birth; parental self efficacy; perinatal depression; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84926257790     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2014.979969     Document Type: Article

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