Distress and growth outcomes in mothers of medically fragile infants

Nursing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 129-140

  Miles, Shandor Margaret ^a   Holditch Davis, Diane ^a   Burchinal, Peg ^a   Nelson, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress; Infants; Maternal child; Parenting; Premature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NURSING; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0040736176     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199905000-00003     Document Type: Article

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