Perceived stress, social support, and affectionate behaviors of adolescent mothers with infants in neonatal intensive care

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 288-296

  Christopher, Suzanne E ^a   Bauman, Karl E ^b   Veness Meehan, Kathleen ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034334227     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mph.2000.106136     Document Type: Article

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