Reducing parenting stress in families with irritable infants

Nursing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-205

  Keefe, Maureen R ^a   Kajrlsen, Kristine A ^a   Lobo, Marie L ^b   Kotzer, Anne Marie ^c   Dudley, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant colic; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIC; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSING; NURSING PROCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NURSING PROCESS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745011445     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200605000-00006     Document Type: Article

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