From prenatal anxiety to parenting stress: a longitudinal study

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 663-672

  Huizink, A C ^a,b   Menting, B ^a,b,c   De Moor, M H M ^a,b   Verhage, M L ^a,b   Kunseler, F C ^a,b   Schuengel, C ^a,b   Oosterman, M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Parenting stress; Pregnancy anxiety; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD CHANGE; MOOD DISORDER ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTHOOD; PREGNANCY RELATED ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; PRENATAL ANXIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021125292     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-017-0746-5     Document Type: Article

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