The postpartum worry scale—Revised: Continuing validation with a sample of NICU mothers

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-228

  Moran, Tracy E ^a   Polanin, Joshua R ^b   Segre, Lisa ^c   Wenzel, Amy ^d  

^a ERIKSON INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Measure; NICU; Postpartum anxiety; Validation; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939888497     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0452-5     Document Type: Article

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