The influence of maternal and child characteristics and paternal support on interactions of mothers and their medically fragile infants

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-30

  Lee, Tzu Ying ^a   Holditch Davis, Diane ^b   Miles, Margaret Shandor ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Medically fragile infants; Mother infant interactions; Parenting; Paternal; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847044804     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20184     Document Type: Article

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