Early intervention program reduces stress in parents of preterms during childhood, a randomized controlled trial

It is well documented that heightened levels of parenting stress have a negative influence on children's socio-emotional and behavioral development. Parenting stress may therefore be regarded as an outcome variable in its own right. This study investigated whether a sensitizing intervention influences stress reported by parents of prematurely born children until the children were age nine. Preterm infants (N = 146, birth weight