Perinatal stress: a study of factors linked to the risk of parenting problems

Health Soc Work. 1983 Spring;8(2):107-21. doi: 10.1093/hsw/8.2.107.

Abstract

Infants who are born preterm are at high risk for subsequent maltreatment. This study examines the relationship between family functioning, infant morbidity, parents' experience following their infant's admission to a neonatal intensive care unit, and postdischarge risk of parenting problems. For the sample as a whole, family factors emerged as the best predictors of outcome.

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety
  • Child Abuse*
  • Family
  • Family Characteristics
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases*
  • Infant, Premature*
  • Parent-Child Relations*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk
  • Stress, Physiological