Adaption of pregnancy anxiety questionnaire–revised for all pregnant women regardless of parity: PRAQ-R2

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 125-132

  Huizink, A C ^a   Delforterie, M J ^a   Scheinin, N M ^b   Tolvanen, M ^b   Karlsson, L ^b,c   Karlsson, H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Measurement invariance; Parity; Pregnancy; Pregnancy related anxiety questionnaire revised

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RELATED ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIRTH; DEVICES; FINLAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARITY; PARTURITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84955720493     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-015-0531-2     Document Type: Article

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