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Parental perceptions of children who were hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units

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This study addresses two questions: (1) Do parents whose children were hospitalized in neonatal intensive care have different perceptions of their children than parents of children in the general population? and (2) How do parents of such children compare their children's health, cognitive, and emotional development to other children of the same age? Thirty-seven mothers and 26 fathers whose children were hospitalized in an intensive care nursery in a major university hospital participated in this study. Parents filled out a Child Behavior Checklist. A subsample of 24 parents was selected for clinical interviews. The findings indicate that parents in the study sample have similar perceptions of their children as parents of children in the general population. Further, parents gave favorable evaluations of their children's health, cognitive and emotional development.

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Philipp, C. Parental perceptions of children who were hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units. Child Psych Hum Dev 14, 76–86 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707672

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