@article{ref1,
title="Mother's Mental Health, Mother-Child Relationship, and Family Functioning 3 Months After a Preschooler's Head Injury",
journal="Journal of head trauma rehabilitation",
year="2008",
author="Youngblut, Joanne M. and Brooten, Dorothy",
volume="23",
number="2",
pages="92-102",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Investigate mothers' mental health, mother-child relationship, and family functioning 3 months after preschool children's head trauma and hospital discharge. DESIGN: Prospective survey. SETTING: Seven hospitals; families' homes. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty mothers of children (ages 3-6) with head trauma. MEASURES: Perceived injury severity, Mental Health Inventory, Parental Stressor Scale taken in pediatric intensive care unit 24 to 48 hours after admission; Mental Health Inventory, Parenting Stress Index, FACES II, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support taken at 3 months postdischarge. RESULTS: Injury severity had negative effects on mothers' mental health at 3 months after discharge, but not on the mother-child relationship and the family's functioning. Mothers' baseline mental health and ongoing support had positive effects on mother-child relationship and family adaptability. CONCLUSIONS: Mothers with greater stress and poorer mental health during their child's hospitalization may be at risk for negative mother-child and family outcomes. Interventions that decrease parents' stress during hospitalization and promote ongoing social support after discharge may diminish this risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-9701",
doi="10.1097/01.HTR.0000314528.85758.30",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.HTR.0000314528.85758.30"
}