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Birth Experience

Birth Experience is a theoretical construct within the field of developmental psychology that denotes the maternal perception and emotional processing of labor and delivery events, distinguished by its specific influence on the initiation and quality of postnatal mother-infant bonding.

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331

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Psychometric aspects of the W-DEQ; a new questionnaire for the measurement of fear of childbirth

Klaas Wijma, Barbro Wijma, Margareta Zar · Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology · 1998 · 822 citations

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Prevalence and Predictors of Women's Experience of Psychological Trauma During Childbirth

Johanna E. Soet, Colleen DiIorio · Birth · 2003 · 747 citations

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A Negative Birth Experience: Prevalence and Risk Factors in a National Sample

Ulla Waldenström, Ingegerd Hildingsson, Christine Rubertsson et al. · Birth · 2004 · 671 citations

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Effects of Experience on Fetal Voice Recognition

Barbara S. Kisilevsky, Sylvia M. J. Hains, Kang Lee et al. · Psychological Science · 2003 · 512 citations

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Expectations, Experiences, and Psychological Outcomes of Childbirth: A Prospective Study of 825 Women

Vanessa A. Coupland, Jenny Kitzinger · Birth · 1990 · 481 citations

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Authors

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  1. IH
    Ingegerd Hildingsson

    Mid Sweden University, Sweden

    23 publications · 2.9K citations

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  2. UW
    Ulla Waldenström

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    16 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. SA
    Susan Ayers

    City, University of London, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 974 citations

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  4. SG
    Susan Garthus‐Niegel

    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway

    13 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. IL
    Ingela Lundgren

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    12 publications · 952 citations

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    42 h-index

    116 publications

    11.9K citations

  2. Mid Sweden University

    Sundsvall, Sweden

    21 h-index

    41 publications

    3.8K citations

  3. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    20 h-index

    46 publications

    3.5K citations

  4. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    16 h-index

    33 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    16 h-index

    31 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. University of Lancashire

    Preston, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    27 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    14 h-index

    35 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University of Technology Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    14 h-index

    32 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

    75 publications · 5K citations

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  2. Birth

    70 publications · 7.3K citations

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  3. Midwifery

    90 publications · 4.5K citations

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  4. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

    JRIP · 52 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Women and Birth

    31 publications · 1.4K citations

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