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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Early Hum Dev. 2018 Apr 4;120:31–39. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.03.009

Table 6.

Relationships between parent engagement in the NICU (weekly visitation >16 hours), parental role alteration & parenting confidence.

Preterm Group(n=37)
Mean ± SD *p
Weekly Visitation Low <16 hours High >17 hours
Parental Role Alteration (PSS: NICU) 3.43 ±0.97 2.61±0.58 .03
Emotionality Subscale of Infant Care Questionnaire (ICQ) 4.70 ±0.42 4.15±1.03 .03
*

p-value is from investigations of relationships between parent engagement and parental role alteration, stress and confidence using independent samples t tests. Bolded values indicate significance <.05. Only those relationships that were significant are listed. There were no other significant relationships identified. PSS NICU: Parental Role Alterations Subscale of the Parental Stressor Scale; PSS: Parental Stress Scale