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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 15(3) pp. 385-400, 1990
© 1990 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Determinants of Parenting Stress in Home Apnea Monitoring

Sean Phipps1 and Dennis Drotar

Case Western Reserve University

2All correspondence should be sean Phipps, Division of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, Tennessee 38101

Studied mothers of 30 infants who suffered an apneic episode and were sub sequently placed on home apnea monitors, using measures of parenting stress, family resources and support, family coping activities, health locus of control, and maternal coping style involving preferences for information under threat. Comparison groups included mothers of 30 infants with mild congenital heart lesions and 30 mothers of normal healthy infants. Home monitoring was associated with increased levels of parenting stress; monitored infants were perceived as more demanding, and their mothers reported less attachment to the child. However, the magnitude of the differences between mothers of monitored and unmonitored infants was relatively small, and parenting stress outcome was more closely related to preexisting levels of family resources than to the child's health status. No significant relationship was found between stress outcome and family coping or maternal coping style.

Key words: infantile apnea; home monitoring; parenting stress; family resources; family coping.


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