The relationship between self-compassion and acute stress disorder in mothers whose babies were hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit
), Fadime K. SOYLU(2),
(1) Hospital:Westpfalz Klinikum GmbH Kaiserslautern/Germany
(2) Kafkas University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Kars/Türkiye
Corresponding Author
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