The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for Fathers: A contribution to the validation for an Italian sample

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 251-256

  Loscalzo, Yura ^a   Giannini, Marco ^a   Contena, Bastianina ^a   Gori, Alessio ^a   Benvenuti, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; Fathers; Perinatal; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FATHER; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RELIABILITY; UNHAPPINESS; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; HAPPINESS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FATHERS; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930179734     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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