Parenting stress and mothers of young children with chronic illness: a cross-cultural study.
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.
Krulik
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Dept. of Nursing, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
Turner-Henson
A
A
Kanematsu
Y
Y
al-Ma'aitah
R
R
Swan
J
J
Holaday
B
B
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