Clarifying the benefits of the positive reappraisal coping intervention for women waiting for the outcome of IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2712-2718

  Ockhuijsen, Henrietta ^a   Van Den Hoogen, Agnes ^b   Eijkemans, Marinus ^a   Macklon, Nick ^c   Boivin, Jacky ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; coping intervention; depression; medical waiting period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMOTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; POSITIVE REAPPRAISAL COPING INTERVENTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929650726     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu253     Document Type: Article

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