Parenting stress and emotional wellbeing in mothers and fathers of preschool children

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 596-604

  Skreden, Marianne ^a   Skari, Hans ^b   Malt, Ulrik F ^b   Pripp, Are H ^b   Björk, Merethe D ^a   Faugli, Anne ^c   Emblem, Ragnhild ^b  

^a Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; fathers; General Health Questionnaire; mothers; parenting stress; parents; predictors; psychological distress; State Anxiety Inventory; Swedish Parenthood Stress Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84869006803     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812460347     Document Type: Article

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