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WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN “IN CARE”‐PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL STATUS DURING PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Wolkind S.N.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1977.tb00427.x
Subject(s) - malaise , pregnancy , psychology , psychiatry , demography , medicine , genetics , sociology , immunology , biology
SUMMARY In a sample of British born primiparous women attending an ante‐natal dink 7% were found to have been admitted to the residential care of a local authority for at least one month. The group admitted were found to be more likely to be teenagers and unmarried, have poor housing conditions and to have moved into the district served by the clinic. They had a higher score on a “malaise” inventory and were more likely to describe their health as having deteriorated during the pregnancy. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.