Social support, psychological distress, and parenting strains in mothers of very low birthweight infants

Family Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-350

  Singer, Lynn T ^a   Davillier, Marilyn ^c   Bruening, Peggy ^c   Hawkins, Suzanne ^c   Yamashita, Toyoko S ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; High risk infants; Parenting; Psychological distress; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030176814     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585507     Document Type: Article

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