“I’ll Be There”: Informal and Formal Support Systems and Mothers’ Psychological Distress during NICU Hospitalization
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Mothers’ Psychological Distress and Uncertainty during NICU Hospitalization
1.2. Social Support
1.3. Informal Social Support
1.4. Formal Support
1.5. The Present Study
2. Methods
2.1. Study Procedure and Sample
2.2. Measures
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Intolerance to Uncertainty
4.2. Social Support
4.3. Informal Support
4.4. Formal Support
4.5. Study Limitations
4.6. Practical Implications
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Minimum | Maximum | Mean | S.D. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Intolerance of uncertainty | 1.17 | 5.00 | 2.892 | 0.899 |
Spousal support | 1.00 | 5.00 | 4.351 | 0.755 |
Family support | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.736 | 1.018 |
Friend support | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.156 | 1.178 |
Medical staff support | 1.80 | 5.00 | 4.278 | 0.614 |
Psychological distress | 1.00 | 3.50 | 1.840 | 0.557 |
Step I | Step II | Step III | |
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Intolerance of uncertainty | 0.445 ** | 0.353 ** | 0.380 ** |
Spousal support | −0.296 ** | −0.282 ** | |
Family support | 0.138 | 0.182 | |
Friend support | −0.080 | −0.090 | |
Medical staff support | −0.216 ** | ||
Sig. | 0.000 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
R2 | 0.198 | 0.275 | 0.292 |
R2 Change | 0.198 | 0.078 | 0.045 |
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Kestler-Peleg, M.; Stenger, V.; Lavenda, O.; Bendett, H.; Alhalel-Lederman, S.; Maayan-Metzger, A.; Strauss, T. “I’ll Be There”: Informal and Formal Support Systems and Mothers’ Psychological Distress during NICU Hospitalization. Children 2022, 9, 1958. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9121958
Kestler-Peleg M, Stenger V, Lavenda O, Bendett H, Alhalel-Lederman S, Maayan-Metzger A, Strauss T. “I’ll Be There”: Informal and Formal Support Systems and Mothers’ Psychological Distress during NICU Hospitalization. Children. 2022; 9(12):1958. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9121958
Chicago/Turabian StyleKestler-Peleg, Miri, Varda Stenger, Osnat Lavenda, Haya Bendett, Shanee Alhalel-Lederman, Ayala Maayan-Metzger, and Tzipora Strauss. 2022. "“I’ll Be There”: Informal and Formal Support Systems and Mothers’ Psychological Distress during NICU Hospitalization" Children 9, no. 12: 1958. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9121958
APA StyleKestler-Peleg, M., Stenger, V., Lavenda, O., Bendett, H., Alhalel-Lederman, S., Maayan-Metzger, A., & Strauss, T. (2022). “I’ll Be There”: Informal and Formal Support Systems and Mothers’ Psychological Distress during NICU Hospitalization. Children, 9(12), 1958. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9121958