Narratives of traumatic birth: Quality and changes over time

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 234-242

  Ayers, Susan ^a   Radoš, Sandra Nakic ^b   Balouch, Sara ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birth; memory; narrative; posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MEMORY; NARRATION; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84929149938     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0039044     Document Type: Article

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