Parental perceptions of infant vulnerability in a preterm sample: Prediction from maternal adaptation to parenthood during the neonatal period

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-292

  Teti, Douglas M ^a   Hess, Christine Reiner ^b   O'Connell, Melissa ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Preterm; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PARENTHOOD; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MOTHERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTING; PARENTS;

EID: 24644498328     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200508000-00004     Document Type: Article

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