{"id":{"repo_id":"qu-belfast","oai_identifier":"oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:studenttheses/aef3a00d-a519-4292-8faf-384a7da27735"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/qu-belfast/oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:studenttheses/aef3a00d-a519-4292-8faf-384a7da27735","repository":{"repo_id":"qu-belfast","name":"Queen's University Belfast","base_url":"https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/oai"},"display":{"title":"Understanding stress measurement and adjustment in parents of premature infants","abstract":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><b>1) Systematic Review: A review of the usefulness and psychometric properties of the Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS: NICU) for measuring stress in parents of infants hospitalised in intensive care units across countries</b></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">The purpose of this study was to review publications which have examined the psychometric properties of the Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS:NICU), a self-report situation specific assessment for parents of hospitalised infants. 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