Abstract
The study compared a group of 62 new Israeli fathers of pre-term infants with a comparison group of 58 new fathers of full-term infants with respect to parental stress, depression symptoms, mastery, self-esteem and involvement with the child. Findings indicated that fathers of pre-term infants had significantly greater stress and depression scores and lower involvement rate with the child compared with fathers of the matching group. No differences were found with respect to the fathers' mastery and self-esteem. New fathers of full-term infants, aged 30 years and more, had significantly higher self-esteem compared with fathers aged less than 30 years. Findings are discussed with respect to practice in neonatal units.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 261-267 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Child and Family Social Work |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2001, John Wiley and Sons Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- fatherhood
- parental involvement
- parental stress
- pre-term infants
- self-esteem
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Sociology and Political Science