Mothers and fathers of very low-birthweight infants: Similarities and differences in the first year after birth

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 558-567

  Feeley, Nancy ^a   Gottlieb, Laurie ^b   Zelkowitz, Phyllis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fathers; Mothers; Parent child interaction; Parenting self efficacy; Support; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648990424     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2007.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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