title: Perinatal stress: a study of factors linked to the risk of parenting problems.
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: D001007:Anxiety; D002649:Child Abuse; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D007234:Infant, Premature; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D013312:Stress, Physiological