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Mastery of Stress in Mothers of Preterm Infants
Author(s) -
Younger Janet B.,
Kendell Mary Jean,
Pickler Rita H.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6155.1997.tb00197.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , social support , psychology , gestation , postpartum depression , medicine , pediatrics , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , pregnancy , genetics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics , biology , economics
purpose.To explore the relationships among, stress, social support, mastery, and depressiondesign.Descriptive correlational studysetting.60‐bed, Level 3 NICU in an urban medical center in a Mid‐Atlantic stateparticipants.31 mothers who delivered infants born between 26 and 36 weeks gestation. Inclusion criteria included no maternal illness or complications requiring hospitalization beyond four days, and no report of a recent major stressful life event other than the birth of the child.major outcome measures.The Mastery of Stress Instrument, the Account of Social Resources Inventory, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies‐Depression Scaleresults.Social support was positively related to mastery and inversely related to depression.conclusions.Mothers of preterm infants experienced significant levels of stress and depression in the early postpartum period.