A longitudinal study exploring the role of adult attachment in relation to perceptions of pain in labour, childbirth memory and acute traumatic stress responses

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 256-267

  Quinn, Kate ^a   Spiby, Helen ^b   Slade, Pauline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attachment; childbirth; memory; pain; psychological

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COGNITION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MEDICAL STAFF; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 84929166974     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2015.1030733     Document Type: Article

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