Identity transition during pregnancy: The importance of role models

Human Relations

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1765-1790

  Hennekam, Sophie ^a,b  

^a LA ROCHELLE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

identity; identity transition; pregnancy; role models

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY; STRESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 84979900886     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726716631402     Document Type: Article

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