01372nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653003000118653002000148653002600168100002700194700002200221245005300243300000900296490000700305520083800312022001401150020001401164       2006                            d  c01/2006bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aInfantile hospitalization10aparental stress10aPsycho-social aspects1 aA. Fernández Castillo1 aI. López Naranjo00aParental stress during infantile hospitalization  a1-170 v123 aThe aim of this article is to carry out an empirical study on the stress experienced by parents of sick children admitted to hospital. Concretely, we study some of the variables that have been related to parental stress in these circumstances in order to establish which of them are the more intensely associated with stress. Our results demonstrate that the observation of the disease symptoms of the son, the relations with the sanitary personnel and the demands of the sick son, are all three aspects generating stress in the parents. Additional results are provided in relationship with the analysis of social and demographic variables such as the age or the sex of the patient, as well as other characteristics of the parents. All of them are potentially mediating aspects of stress suffered during the infant s hospitalization.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437