Illness perception ratings of high-risk newborns by mothers and clinicians: Relationship to illness severity and maternal stress

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 632-639

  Brooks, Stacey ^a   Rowley, Simon ^b   Broadbent, Elizabeth ^a   Petrie, Keith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Illness perceptions; Intensive care; Medical staff; Mothers; Pediatrics; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL STRESS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PERCEPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; INFANT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERCEPTION; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872143235     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027591     Document Type: Article

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