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