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Prenatal Adaptation Among Multigravidas

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In this chapter we present results of both quantitative analysis of prenatal psychosocial adaptation scale differences and differences based on content analyses of the primigravid and multigravid recorded interviews of primigravidas and multigravidas.

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  1. University of Texas, Galveston, TX, USA

    Regina Lederman

  2. United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks-City Base, TX, USA

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Lederman, R., Weis, K. (2009). Prenatal Adaptation Among Multigravidas. In: Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0288-7_10

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