Caretaker Perception of Child Vulnerability Predicts Behavior Problems in NICU Graduates

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-96

  De Ocampo, Anna C ^a,d   Macias, Michelle M ^b   Saylor, Conway F ^c   Katikaneni, Lakshmi D ^b  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c THE CITADEL   (United States)

^d Developmental Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Child behavior; Child vulnerability; High risk neonates; Parent overprotection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERCEPTION; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0344851830     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027384306827     Document Type: Article

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