Correlates of Prenatal Parenting Expectations in new Mothers: Is Better Self-Efficacy a Potential Target for Preventing Postnatal Adjustment Difficulties?

Prevention Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 949-959

  Mihelic, Mandy ^a   Filus, Ania ^b   Morawaska, Alina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal adjustment; Parenting self efficacy; Prenatal parenting expectations; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; EXPECTANT MOTHER; EXPECTATION; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALADJUSTMENT; MOTHER; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; POSTNATAL CARE; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979279992     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-016-0682-z     Document Type: Article

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