Parenting stress in mothers of preterm infants during early infancy

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-49

  Gray, Peter H ^a,b   Edwards, Dawn M ^b   O'Callaghan, Michael J ^a,b   Cuskelly, Monica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER MOTHERS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infant temperament; Marital quality; Maternal depression; Parenting stress; Preterm; Term controls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARENTAL STRESS; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84155189175     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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