title: Parenting stress and mothers of young children with chronic illness: a cross-cultural study.
abstract: This study examined the sources of parenting stress among mothers from Israel, Japan, Jordan, and the United States who had a young child with a chronic illness. The results indicated mothers from all four countries experienced high levels of child-focused and parent-focused stress that indicated a need for nursing intervention.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Nursing, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krulik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turner-Henson
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: al-Ma'aitah
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Holaday
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007557:Israel; D007564:Japan; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States