Age at first birth, mode of conception and psychological wellbeing in pregnancy: findings from the parental age and transition to parenthood Australia (PATPA) study
Author(s) -
Catherine McMahon,
Jacky Boivin,
Frances Gibson,
Karin Hammarberg,
Karen Wynter,
D. M. Saunders,
Jane Fisher
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/der076
Subject(s) - pregnancy , anxiety , psychosocial , context (archaeology) , psychology , demography , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , genetics , sociology , biology
It is increasingly common for women in high-income countries to delay childbearing. We aimed to describe the context of pregnancy for first-time mothers of different ages and examine relationships among maternal age at first birth, mode of conception and psychosocial wellbeing in pregnancy.
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