Measurement of Perceived Stress Among Pregnant Women: A Comparison of Two Different Instruments

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1910-1915

  Solivan, Amber E ^a   Xiong, Xu ^a   Harville, Emily W ^a   Buekens, Pierre ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument; Measurement; Pregnancy; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LOUISIANA; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLONIC STORMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84938417584     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1710-5     Document Type: Article

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