The experienceof premature birth for fathers: The application of the Clinical Interview for Parents of High-Risk Infants (CLIP) to an Italian sample

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Candelori, Carla ^a   Trumello, Carmen ^a   Babore, Alessandra ^a   Keren, Miri ^b   Romanelli, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depressive symptoms; Fathers; Neonatal intensive care unit; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965138161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01444     Document Type: Article

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