Who is distressed? A comparison of psychosocial stress in pregnancy across seven ethnicities

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Robinson, Alexandra M ^a   Benzies, Karen M ^b   Cairns, Sharon L ^a   Fung, Tak ^a   Tough, Suzanne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigration; Mental health; Minority status; Pregnancy; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN; ANXIETY; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADIAN; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIRST NATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANT WOMAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT; ALBERTA; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; ALBERTA; ANXIETY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84981337914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-1015-8     Document Type: Article

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