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OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between parental tobacco consumption and the prevalence of psychomotor development disorders in children between 6 and 22 months of age. METHOD One hundred and nine mothers, fathers, and their babies participated in the study. The sociodemographic and clinical conditions were assessed using questionnaires. Tobacco consumption was assessed using the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND). Child development was evaluated using the Scale of Psychomotor Development in Early Childhood. RESULTS There was a significant negative correlation between the father's morning smoking (FTND) and the child's language development quotient; r=-0.41, p=0.005, r(2)=0.15. The children of mothers without nicotine dependence had a higher mean language development quotient than children of mothers with nicotine dependence; F(1, 107)=5.51, p=0.021, ηp(2)=0.05. CONCLUSION Parental smoking appears to have a detrimental effect on child development.
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- Nadine F Santos
- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.
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- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal; Universidade Europeia Laureate International Universities, Lisbon, Portugal
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Teras LR, Gaudet MM, Blase JL, Gapstur SM. Parental Age at Birth and Risk of Hematological Malignancies in Older Adults. Am J Epidemiol 2015; 182:41-8. [PMID: 25964260 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The proportion of parents aged ≥35 years at the birth of their child continues to increase, but long-term health consequences for these children are not fully understood. A recent prospective study of 110,999 adult women showed an association between paternal-but not maternal-age at birth and sporadic hematological cancer risk. To further investigate this topic, we examined these associations in women and men in the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study-II Nutrition Cohort. Among 138,003 Cancer Prevention Study-II participants, 2,532 incident hematological cancers were identified between 1992 and 2009. Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals were computed by using Cox proportional hazards regression. There was no clear linear trend in the risk of hematological malignancies by either paternal or maternal age. However, there was a strong, positive association with paternal age among participants without siblings. In that group, the hazard ratio for fathers aged ≥35 years compared with <25 years at birth was 1.63 (95% confidence interval: 1.19, 2.23), and a linear dose-response association was suggested (Pspline = 0.002).There were no differences by subtype of hematological cancer. Results of this study support the need for further research to better understand the association between paternal age at birth and hematological malignancies.
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Martinez GM. Three Decades of Nonmarital First Births Among Fathers Aged 15-44 in the United States. NCHS Data Brief 2015:1-8. [PMID: 26046827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The percentage of fathers aged 15-44 whose first births were nonmarital was lower in the 2000s (36%) than in the previous 2 decades. Fathers with first births in the 2000s were more likely to be in a nonmarital cohabiting union (24%) than those in the 1980s (19%). The percentage of fathers with a nonmarital first birth over the past 3 decades has remained similar for Hispanic and non-Hispanic white men, but has declined for non-Hispanic black men (1980s, 77%; 2000s, 66%). Fathers with nonmarital first births in the 2000s were less likely to be non-Hispanic black men (21%) than Hispanic (33%) or non-Hispanic white (39%) men. Fathers with nonmarital first births in the 2000s were more likely to be older at the time of the birth (33%) than those in the previous 2 decades.
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McBride N. Paternal involvement in alcohol exposure during pre-conception and pregnancy. Aust Nurs Midwifery J 2015; 22:51. [PMID: 26255420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Smith L, Gardner B, Aggio D, Hamer M. Association between participation in outdoor play and sport at 10 years old with physical activity in adulthood. Prev Med 2015; 74:31-5. [PMID: 25712327 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate whether active outdoor play and/or sports at age 10 is associated with sport/physical activity at 32 year follow-up using a birth cohort study. METHODS Data were from the 1970 British Cohort Study, a longitudinal observational study. The present paper included data from the age 10 years and age 42 years surveys. At age 10 the participant's mother provided information regarding how often their child played sports, and played outside on streets, parks or playgrounds. At age 42 participants reported frequency of participation in physical activities and sports. Associations between participation in sport/active outdoor play at age 10 years and adult sport/physical activity were investigated using adjusted (gender, fathers socio-occupational class, child's BMI, father's BMI, self-rated health at age 42, assessment of own weight at age 42, participant's education) Cox regression. RESULTS Final adjusted Cox regression models showed that participants (n=6458) who often participated in sports at age 10 were significantly more likely to participate in sport/physical activity at age 42 (RR 1.10; 95% CI 1.01 to 1.19). Active outdoor play at age 10 was not associated with participation in sport/physical activity at age 42 (RR 0.99; 95% CI 0.91 to 1.07). CONCLUSION Childhood activity interventions might best achieve lasting change by promoting engagement in sport rather than active outdoor play.
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- Lee Smith
- Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London, England, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Physical Activity Research Group, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, London, UK
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- Physical Activity Research Group, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, London, UK
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OBJECTIVE Gender differences in the associations between adolescent drinking behaviour, and perceived parental drinking behaviours and attitudes towards underage drinking, were investigated. METHODS Data were drawn from two cohorts in the Child and Adolescent Behaviours in Long-term Evolution project. We used data from 2009 to 2006, when cohorts 1 and 2, respectively, were in grade 9. No cohort effect was found, so the two cohorts were pooled; 3972 students (1999 boys and 1973 girls) participated in the study. The major variables included adolescent drinking behaviours over the last month, and perceived parental drinking behaviours and parental attitudes towards underage drinking. The effects of the combination of parental drinking behaviours, and attitudes on the drinking behaviours of male and female adolescents, were analysed by logistic regression. RESULTS The drinking behaviour of boys was correlated with the drinking behaviours and attitudes of their fathers but not with those of their mothers. Among boys, having a non-drinking father who was against underage drinking (OR=0.27, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.46), a non-drinking father who was favourable towards underage drinking (OR=0.61, 95% CI 0.39 to 0.94), or a drinking father who was against underage drinking (OR=0.44, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.85) significantly decreased the likelihood of alcohol consumption, whereas maternal behaviour and attitude were not significant influences. Among girls, having a non-drinking father who was against underage drinking (OR=0.52, 95% CI 0.30 to 0.91) or a non-drinking father who was favourable towards underage drinking (OR=0.51, 95% CI 0.32 to 0.83) significantly decreased the likelihood of alcohol consumption, as did having a non-drinking mother who was against underage drinking (OR=0.23, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.60). CONCLUSIONS The influences of fathers and mothers on the drinking behaviour of their adolescent children differed by offspring gender.
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- Chao-Chia Hung
- Department of Nursing, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Tai-Chung, Taiwan
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Tai-Chung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
- Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Robert E, Coppieters V, Swennen B, Dramaix M. [Determinants of breastfeeding in the Brussels Region]. Rev Med Brux 2015; 36:69-74. [PMID: 26164964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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PURPOSE The objectives of this paper is to study the prevalence of breastfeeding in Brussels, to assess whether the targets of the Maternal and Child Health program (MCH) were met (prevalence's of breastfeeding of 85 and 75% of exclusive breastfeeding) and finally to identify factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding at the birth. MATERIALS AND METHOD The cross-sectional survey is representative of children 18 to 24 months living in Brussels. Data on breastfeeding are anamnestic and retrospective. A face to face questionnaire was administered by trained investigators, 16 questions about breastfeeding as well socio-demographic information were collected from 544 mothers. The survey took place in 2012. RESULTS At the birth, 83.3% (95% CI 80.1-86.4) of mothers exclusively breastfed and 9.7% of the mothers (7.3-12.2) partially. When discharged from maternity unit, 80.9% (77.6-84.2) of mothers breastfed exclusively and 9.7% (7.3-12.2) partially. When fitting a logistic model, predictors associated with exclusive breastfeeding at the birth were gestation, type of birth, father's education level and the main influencing factor was the partner's attitude. DISCUSSION The targets of the MCH were reached in Brussels. Until now, transversal surveys are the only way of knowing the prevalence and the factors associated with breastfeeding in Brussels. These first representative data on breastfeeding came from the 2012 vaccine coverage survey. Given the primary role of the father in choosing a breastfeeding it is necessary that the father is more often taken into account in regard to the promotion of AM during the prenatal period. A rigorous use of definitions of AM should be systematized.
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Giallo R, Seymour M, Matthews J, Gavidia-Payne S, Hudson A, Cameron C. Risk factors associated with the mental health of fathers of children with an intellectual disability in Australia. J Intellect Disabil Res 2015; 59:193-207. [PMID: 24645779 DOI: 10.1111/jir.12127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Raising a child with a disability places considerable demands and stress on parents, which can contribute to mental health difficulties. Research has primarily focused on mothers' mental health, and our understanding of the effects on fathers remains limited. The factors that place fathers at increased risk of mental health difficulties are also poorly understood. This study aimed to redress these gaps by reporting on the mental health of a large sample of fathers of children with an intellectual disability (ID) (aged 3-15 years), comparing this to published Australian norms and mothers of children with ID. The second aim of the study was to explore risk factors associated with fathers' mental health. METHOD The data for this study come from 315 Australian fathers of children (aged 3-15 years) with ID, who participated in the large-scale evaluation of the Signposts for building better behaviour programme. Fathers completed a range of self-report questionnaires at baseline including the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS). RESULTS Fathers in the present sample reported significantly more symptoms of depression and stress than the Australian normative data, with approximately 6-8% reporting symptoms in the severe to extremely severe range. The strongest predictors of fathers' mental health difficulties were children's behaviour problems, daily stress arising from fathers' own needs and children's care needs, and low parenting satisfaction. Socio-economic factors did not predict mental health difficulties. CONCLUSION This study is among one of the first to report the mental health of fathers of children with a disability in Australia. Findings highlight that some fathers of children with ID are at heightened risk of experiencing mental health difficulties, underscoring the importance of the provision of information and interventions to promote their mental health.
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- R Giallo
- Parenting Research Centre, East Melbourne, Vic., Australia; RMIT University, Bundoora, Vic., Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic., Australia
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Sioma-Markowska U, Poręba R, Skrzypulec-Plinta V. The model of active participation of the father in childbirth, based on the preferences of the parturient women. Neuro Endocrinol Lett 2015; 36:374-379. [PMID: 26454494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The model of family-assisted birth is an element of obstetric care that met with large interest, with the development of perinatology in numerous countries. The modern father is expected to more actively participate both during pregnancy and birth, and also in the childcare. AIM The comparative analysis of the parturient Polish women and the forms of activity of the fathers participating in family-assisted births in order to know which forms of father's activity correlate with the expectations of women in labor and define the range of tasks for the father (model of action for family-assisted birth) that would correspond to the preferences of parturient women. METHODS 250 parturient women and 250 fathers who participated in the delivery were included in the survey. Couples after physiological delivery with the participation of father in all stages of childbirth were qualified. The surveys were conducted in the first day after the childbirth. The survey tool was an author-developed survey questionnaire in two versions: (A) for the mother and (B) for the child's father who participated in the birth. The statistical calculations were performed with use of the Statistical PL software. The frequency of occurrence of respective quality (non-measurable) features was evaluated with χ² (chi-square) nonparametric test. The level of statistical significance adopted for tests was p<0.05. RESULTS The largest coherence between the form of father's activity and the expectations of the parturient woman was found in case of psychical support in every stage of the delivery. Another form of activity of fathers, that in 85% of cases was concurrent with the expectations of women in labor was the act of cutting the umbilical cord and the participation of father in the child measurements and tests (78.5% coherence) and the need of stay of father with the woman and the newborn in the post-delivery period (70% coherence). CONCLUSIONS Obstetric care should take the preferences, connected with family-assisted birth, of both parents into account. The model of active participation of father in family-assisted birth forms a practical guideline for fathers willing to actively participate in the childbirth.
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- Urszula Sioma-Markowska
- School of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Chair of Woman's Health, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Specialist Teaching Hospital in Tychy, Poland
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- School of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Chair of Woman's Health, Katowice, Poland
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Giallo R, D'Esposito F, Cooklin A, Christensen D, Nicholson JM. Factors associated with trajectories of psychological distress for Australian fathers across the early parenting period. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2014; 49:1961-71. [PMID: 24556811 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0834-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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PURPOSE Little is known about the course of fathers' psychological distress and associated risk factors beyond the postnatal period. Therefore, the current study aimed to: (a) assess the course of distress over 7 years postnatally; (b) identify classes of fathers defined by their symptom trajectories; and (c) identify early postnatal factors associated with persistent symptoms. METHOD Data from 2,470 fathers in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children were analysed using latent growth modelling. Fathers' psychological distress was assessed using the Kessler-6 (Kessler et al. in Arch Psychiatry 60:184-189, 2003) when their children were aged 0-1, 2-3, 4-5 and 6-7 years. RESULTS Overall, distress was highest in the first postnatal year and then decreased over time. Two distinct trajectories were identified. The majority of fathers (92%) were identified as having minimal distress in the first postnatal year which decreased over time, whilst 8% had moderate distress which increased over time. Low parental self-efficacy, poor relationship and job quality were associated with 'persistent and increasing distress'. CONCLUSIONS Early postnatal factors associated with fathers' persistent distress were identified, providing opportunities for early identification and targeted early intervention.
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- Rebecca Giallo
- Parenting Research Centre, 5/232 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia,
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Almost all of the literature on male parricide victims focuses on fathers killed with only little information available on stepparents killed. This study is the first to compare the victim, offender, and case correlates in incidents when fathers and stepfathers were killed. Supplementary Homicide Report data were used for the period 1976 to 2007 to investigate similarities and differences between the two male victim parricide types in the United States. Similarities between fathers and stepfathers included more than 80% of fathers and stepfathers were killed in single victim, single offender homicides. Their killers were adult sons and stepsons in more than 70% of the cases. Juvenile offenders were significantly less likely to be involved in the killings of fathers and stepfathers in more recent years. Significant differences emerged with respect to age and weapon use in the killings of fathers and stepfathers. Stepfathers and stepchildren, relative to fathers and their offspring, were significantly younger. Juvenile offenders were significantly more likely than their adult counterparts to use firearms to kill fathers (79% vs. 54%) and stepfathers (72% vs. 58%). Significant gender differences in weapons used to kill fathers were found among juvenile and adult offenders, with males more likely to use firearms than females. Reasons for the possible differences are discussed in the conclusion.
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Smith ML, Smith HA, Wilson KL, Ahn S, Pulczinski JC, Ory MG. Obesity and perceived severity of obstructive sleep apnea-related conditions. Fam Community Health 2014; 37:258-270. [PMID: 25167066 DOI: 10.1097/fch.0000000000000042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This study examined risk factors and perceived severity of obstructive sleep apnea-related conditions among college students based on weight categories. Data collected from 1399 college students were analyzed using multinomial and binary logistic regressions. Overweight and obese participants were more likely to snore and report familial risk for cardiovascular disease compared with their normal weight counterparts. Relative to normal weight participants, obese participants perceived snoring (odds ratio [OR] = 1.10), irritability (OR = 1.16), and high blood pressure (OR = 1.21) as more severe; they perceived erectile dysfunction (OR = 0.89) and cardiovascular disease (OR = 0.71) as less severe. Efforts are needed to identify obstructive sleep apnea risk and create systems for weight loss interventions, screening, and diagnosis.
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- Matthew Lee Smith
- Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, The University of Georgia College of Public, Health, Athens (Dr M. L. Smith); Department of Social and Behavioral Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station (Drs Ahn and Ory and Mr Pulczinski); Dental Sleep Medicine of Indiana, Indianapolis (Dr H. A. Smith); Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station (Dr Wilson); and Division of Health Systems Management and Policy, The University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, Tennessee (Dr Ahn)
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da Silva Franzin LC, Olandovski M, Vettorazzi MLT, Werneck RI, Moysés SJ, Kusma SZ, Moysés ST. Child and adolescent abuse and neglect in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. Child Abuse Negl 2014; 38:1706-1714. [PMID: 24661691 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Identify and analyze cases of child and adolescent abuse and neglect in Curitiba, Brazil. This is an exploratory descriptive study that takes a quantitative approach. Secondary data from the reporting registry of the Network for the Protection of Children and Adolescents at Risk for Violence in Curitiba, Brazil, dating from 2004 to 2009, were analyzed. Variables included the victims' sociodemographic profile, place of notification, type, nature and severity of abuse, information about the author of the aggression or abuse, and physical lesions. The frequency distribution and associations between the variables were analyzed using the Chi-square test at a 5% significance level. The analysis of 19,316 records showed that domestic violence, abuse and neglect directed against children and adolescents were the most frequently recorded situation, with 17,082 cases (88.4%) distributed in the following manner: neglect, with 9742 reports (57.0%); physical violence, with 1341 reports (7.9%); sexual violence, with 796 reports (4.7%); psychological violence, with 574 reports (3.4%); and abandonment, with 190 reports (1.1%). Of the total, 43.9% were considered severe cases. The most affected age group was between 5 and 14 years of age, with balance between genders. In the majority of cases, the mother was registered as the author of the abuse or neglect. Physical sequelae (20.2%) mostly affected the head and upper and lower limbs, with consequent lesions manifesting as bruises, cuts, and fractures. An increase in the visibility of domestic violence and children and adolescents abuse and neglect has been observed in the city during the last few years, suggesting the effectiveness of the reporting strategies proposed by the protection network. It is important to increase social security and public welfare policies to prevent child and adolescent abuse and neglect, focusing on family support.
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- Pontifícia Universidade do Paraná, Imaculada Conceição 1155, Prado Velho - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Pontifícia Universidade do Paraná, Imaculada Conceição 1155, Prado Velho - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Pontifícia Universidade do Paraná, Imaculada Conceição 1155, Prado Velho - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Pontifícia Universidade do Paraná, Imaculada Conceição 1155, Prado Velho - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Pontifícia Universidade do Paraná, Imaculada Conceição 1155, Prado Velho - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Despite growing interest and concern about men's mental health during the perinatal period, we still do not know whether men are more vulnerable to mental health problems during this time. The current study is one of the first to use longitudinal, population-based data to investigate whether becoming an expectant and/or new father is associated with increases in psychological distress. We analyzed 10 waves of data collected annually (from 2001 to 2010) from the nationally representative Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. Over this time, 349 men were identified as new fathers (first child aged <1 year), and 224 of these men had been identified as "expectant fathers" during the previous wave. A total of 1,658 men remained "never fathers." Psychological distress was measured using the 5-item Mental Health Inventory before the partner's pregnancy, during the partner's pregnancy, and during the first year of fatherhood. Longitudinal mixed models showed no significant increase in psychological distress as a function of expectant or new fatherhood; instead, some improvement in mental health was observed. The finding suggests that expectant and new fathers are not at greater risk of poor mental health. Future epidemiologic research should continue to identify those men who are most (and least) at risk during the perinatal period in order to target resources and assistance most effectively.
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Charak R, Koot HM. Abuse and neglect in adolescents of Jammu, India: the role of gender, family structure, and parental education. J Anxiety Disord 2014; 28:590-8. [PMID: 25004808 DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Revised: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The present study aimed to assess the factor structure of the childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ; Bernstein & Fink, 1998), and use it to describe the prevalence of abuse and neglect in Indian adolescents, and its associations with gender, family structure (nuclear vs. joint), and level of parental education. Participants were 702 adolescents from Jammu in the age range of 13-17 years (41.5% female). We found acceptance for a four-factor intercorrelated model for the CTQ with emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect (5 emotional neglect and 2 physical neglect items) factors following a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Forty-one to sixty-one percent of adolescents reported maltreatment which is higher in comparison with CTQ based studies from the West. Analysis of CFA with covariates (MIMIC model) indicated that males, and adolescents of less educated mothers' and from joint families reported higher abuse and neglect, and sexual abuse, respectively, while fathers' education level was not associated with abuse or neglect. Implications of these findings are highlighted.
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- Ruby Charak
- VU University Amsterdam, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Psychology, University of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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- VU University Amsterdam, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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González MR, Trujillo A, Pereda N. Corporal punishment in rural Colombian families: prevalence, family structure and socio-demographic variables. Child Abuse Negl 2014; 38:909-916. [PMID: 24275547 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 10/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To reveal the prevalence of corporal punishment in a rural area of Colombia and its correlates to family structure and other socio-demographic variables. METHOD A survey about childrearing and childcare was developed for this study, including a specific question about corporal punishment that was developed based on the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS). Family structure was categorized as follows, based on previous literature: 'nuclear family,' 'single parent' family, 'extended family,' 'simultaneous family' and 'composed family.' RESULTS Forty-one percent of the parents surveyed admitted they had used corporal punishment of their children as a disciplinary strategy. The type of family structure, the number of children living at home, the age of the children, the gender of the parent who answered the survey, and the age and gender of the partner were significant predictors of corporal punishment. CONCLUSION Family structure is an important variable in the understanding of corporal punishment, especially in regard to nuclear families that have a large number of children and parents who started their parental role early in life.
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- Martha Rocío González
- Universidad de La Sabana, Department of Psychology, Campus Universitario Puente del Común, Km,7 autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía, Colombia
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- Universidad de La Sabana, Department of Psychology, Campus Universitario Puente del Común, Km,7 autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía, Colombia
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- Resarch Group on Child and Adolescent Victimization (GReVIA), Universitat de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron, 171, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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This paper provides new empirical evidence on the impact of parental health shocks on investments in children's education using detailed longitudinal data from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Our study controls for individual unobserved heterogeneity by using child fixed effects, and it accounts for potential misreporting of self-reported health by employing several, more precise, health indicators. Results show that co-living children of ill mothers, but not of ill fathers, are significantly less likely to be enrolled in education at ages 15-24. Moreover, there is some evidence that mother's negative health shocks are likely to raise the employment probability of children due to the need to cover higher health expenditures.
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- Massimiliano Bratti
- DEMM, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milan, Italy; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 53113 Bonn, Germany; Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano (LdA), 20122 Milan, Italy.
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- DEMS, Università di Milano Bicocca, Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milan, Italy; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 53113 Bonn, Germany; Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano (LdA), 20122 Milan, Italy.
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Lee SJ, Grogan-Kaylor A, Berger LM. Parental spanking of 1-year-old children and subsequent child protective services involvement. Child Abuse Negl 2014; 38:875-83. [PMID: 24602690 PMCID: PMC4406628 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2013] [Revised: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The majority of U.S. parents spank their children, often beginning when their children are very young. We examined families (N=2,788) who participated in a longitudinal community-based study of new births in urban areas. Prospective analyses examined whether spanking by the child's mother, father, or mother's current partner when the child was 1-year-old was associated with household CPS involvement between age 1 and age 5. Results indicated that 30% of 1-year-olds were spanked at least once in the past month. Spanking at age 1 was associated with increased odds of subsequent CPS involvement (adjusted odds ratio=1.36, 95% CI [1.08, 1.71], p<.01). When compared to non-spanked children, there was a 33% greater probability of subsequent CPS involvement for children who were spanked at age 1. Given the undesirable consequences of spanking children and a lack of empirical evidence to suggest positive effects of physical punishment, professionals who work with families should counsel parents not to spank infants and toddlers. For optimal benefits, efforts to educate parents regarding alternative forms of discipline should begin during the child's first year of life.
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Nasef N, Shabaan A, Mohammed S, Kandel S, Settin A, Zedan M, Fouda A. Factors influencing parental consent for participation in clinical research involving their children in Egypt. East Mediterr Health J 2014; 20:162-168. [PMID: 24950073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Factors affecting parents' decision to involve their children in clinical research have not been studied in all cultural backgrounds. We aimed to explore the attitudes and beliefs influencing parents' decision to involve their children in clinical research in Mansoura, Egypt. Of 523 families approached, 357 filled the questionnaire. Only 98 (27.5%) parents consented to involve their child in clinical research. The children of consenters were significantly older than refusers: 8.6 (SD 7.2) versus 2.6 (SD 1.2) years. Factors favouring consent were: research of benefit to child (84.7%), enough explanation about the benefits (40.8%) and to learn more about child's condition (29.6%). Factors favouring refusal were: use of new drugs or vaccines (89.6%) and invasive procedures (84.2%). Parents' rate of consent was positively correlated with the research being non-invasive and the belief that research was of benefit to their child and negatively correlated with belief that refusal may negatively affect the care provided to their child.
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- Department of Paediatrics, Mansoura University Children Hospital, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt
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- Department of Paediatrics, Mansoura University Children Hospital, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt
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- Department of Paediatrics, Mansoura University Children Hospital, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt
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- Department of Paediatrics, Mansoura University Children Hospital, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt
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- Department of Paediatrics, Mansoura University Children Hospital, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt
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- Department of Paediatrics, Mansoura University Children Hospital, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt
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- Department of Paediatrics, Mansoura University Children Hospital, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt
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Gallant A, Drapeau V, Allison KC, Tremblay A, Lambert M, O'Loughlin J, Lundgren JD. Night eating behavior and metabolic heath in mothers and fathers enrolled in the QUALITY cohort study. Eat Behav 2014; 15:186-91. [PMID: 24854802 DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Desynchrony between eating and sleeping patterns and poor sleep quality have been associated with obesity and metabolic abnormalities. This study examined the metabolic health correlates of night eating syndrome in adults enrolled in the QUALITY cohort study. METHODS Night eating symptoms were assessed in 310 women (mean age = 40.3 ± 5.1 years, mean BMI = 28.8 ± 6.2 kg/m(2)) and 305 men (mean age = 42.5 ± 5.9 years, mean BMI = 30.3 ± 5.0 kg/m(2)). Anthropometric measures, fasting blood samples and blood pressure were used to diagnose metabolic syndrome (MetS) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) diagnosis was self-report. Correlational and case/control comparisons assessed night eating symptoms in persons with and without MetS and T2D. RESULTS Night eating questionnaire (NEQ) scores were positively correlated with BMI. When controlling for BMI, NEQ scores were significantly negatively correlated with blood pressure in women and positively correlated with waist circumference and triglycerides in men. MetS diagnosis was associated with morning anorexia in both women and men and urges to eat at night in women only. T2D was associated with a depressed mood in women and with insomnia in men. CONCLUSION Symptoms of night eating syndrome are associated with higher BMI and poor metabolic health. Future research is needed to determine if night eating syndrome per se is a unique causal pathway in the development of obesity and metabolic disease.
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- Annette Gallant
- Department of Physical Education, Laval University, 2300 rue de la Terrasse, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Quebec Heart and Lung Research Institute, Laval Hospital, 2725 Chemin Ste-Foy, Quebec, QC G1V 4G5, Canada
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- Department of Physical Education, Laval University, 2300 rue de la Terrasse, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Quebec Heart and Lung Research Institute, Laval Hospital, 2725 Chemin Ste-Foy, Quebec, QC G1V 4G5, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Laval University, 2300 rue de la Terrasse, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Quebec Heart and Lung Research Institute, Laval Hospital, 2725 Chemin Ste-Foy, Quebec, QC G1V 4G5, Canada
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Ste-Justine, 3175 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, QC H3T 1C5, Canada
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- Department Kinesiology, Université de Montréal, 2100 boul Édouard-Montpetit, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5030 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
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Walsh TB, Dayton CJ, Erwin MS, Muzik M, Busuito A, Rosenblum KL. Fathering after military deployment: parenting challenges and goals of fathers of young children. Health Soc Work 2014; 39:35-44. [PMID: 24693602 DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlu005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Although often eagerly anticipated, reunification after deployment poses challenges for families, including adjusting to the parent-soldier's return, re-establishing roles and routines, and the potentially necessary accommodation to combat-related injuries or psychological effects. Fourteen male service members, previously deployed to a combat zone, parent to at least one child under seven years of age, were interviewed about their relationships with their young children. Principles of grounded theory guided data analysis to identify key themes related to parenting young children after deployment. Participants reported significant levels of parenting stress and identified specific challenges, including difficulty reconnecting with children, adapting expectations from military to family life, and coparenting. Fathers acknowledged regret about missing an important period in their child's development and indicated a strong desire to improve their parenting skills. They described a need for support in expressing emotions, nurturing, and managing their tempers. Results affirm the need for support to military families during reintegration and demonstrate that military fathers are receptive to opportunities to engage in parenting interventions. Helping fathers understand their children's behavior in the context of age-typical responses to separation and reunion may help them to renew parent-child relationships and reengage in optimal parenting of their young children.
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Makhlouf F, Rambaud C. Child homicide and neglect in France: 1991-2008. Child Abuse Negl 2014; 38:37-41. [PMID: 24075615 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The aim of this study is to investigate epidemiological characteristics of the victims and the offenders in children homicide cases and to propose preventive measures. We retrospectively investigated homicides and deaths by neglect involving children aged 15 or less, which have been autopsied in the Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine of the Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Garches, France, during the 18-year period from 1991 to 2008. Cases included were analyzed for victims' age and gender, victim-assailant's relation, death cause and scenery, and offender's motivation. For the purposes of the study, victims were divided into four age groups: new born; infants (1-23 months); young children (2-5 years); and children (6-15 years). During the study period, 70 victims of homicide or fatal neglect were identified, which equates to a child homicide prevalence of 0.56 per 100,000 children per year. Slightly more than half of the victims (51.4%) were less than 1 year old. Neonaticide prevalence was 0.12 per 100,000 births with an equal distribution between genders. Neonates were most likely to be killed by their mothers while fathers were the most frequent assailants in both infants and children groups. Stepparents were involved in only one case. Familicide cases where children and spouses are killed were perpetrated only by fathers. The leading cause of death was blunt trauma (especially head trauma). In the neonaticide group, half of the victims died from passive neglect whereas gunshots were predominant in the children groups.
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- F Makhlouf
- Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Garches, France
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- Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Garches, France
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Miller LE, Cater AK, Howell KH, Graham-Bermann SA. Perpetration patterns and environmental contexts of IPV in Sweden: relationships with adult mental health. Child Abuse Negl 2014; 38:147-58. [PMID: 24290867 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Revised: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Although excellent data exist on the overall prevalence of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV), there is less information available on the specific patterns of IPV exposure in childhood and how they influence adult mental health. The current study examines 703 Swedish adults who reported exposure to IPV in childhood. Participants were part of a large national study on violence exposure. They provided an extensive history of their exposure to IPV and maltreatment experiences during childhood via electronically administered questionnaires. Mean comparison and multivariate regression methods were employed to assess differences in violence severity by reported perpetration pattern (mother-only, father-only, bidirectional or other), the association between violence severity and environmental context, and the contribution of these characteristics to adult mental health outcomes. Overall, violence perpetrated in public and by fathers was more severe and was related to poorer mental health outcomes in adulthood for child witnesses. These findings provide important insight into possible clinical "flags" for identifying children at high risk for exposure to IPV and abuse in the home.
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- Laura E Miller
- Department of Psychology and Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 107 Haggar Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- School of Law, Psychology and Social work, Örebro University, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, 202 Psychology Building, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
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- Psychology and Psychiatry, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043, USA
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Encrenaz G, Miras A, Contrand B, Galera C, Pujos S, Michel G, Lagarde E. Inmate-to-inmate violence as a marker of suicide attempt risk during imprisonment. J Forensic Leg Med 2013; 22:20-5. [PMID: 24485415 DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To estimate the incidence of suicide attempts during imprisonment in a French prison and to determine factors associated with them. METHODS All male inmates of a prison for prisoners awaiting trial or serving a short sentence (Bordeaux, France) were eligible for this cross-sectional study. They were face-to-face interviewed by an experienced psychologist (n = 369; mean age = 36 years). Socio-demographic data, imprisonment conditions, health status, healthcare utilization, mental health, impulsiveness, inmate-to-inmate violence (victim and perpetrator status) and suicidal behaviours were documented. RESULTS The incidence of suicidal attempts during imprisonment was 13.4 per 100 person-years. Having made at least one suicide attempt during imprisonment was associated with: being a victim of physical or sexual violence without perpetrating it (adjusted OR = 5.4; 95%CI [2.4-12]), suffering from depressive and anxious symptoms (adjusted OR = 3.3; 95%CI [1.5-7.7]), having children (adjusted OR = 3.0; 95%CI [1.2-7.7]) and having a poor perceived health status (OR = 2.5; 95%CI [1.1-5.4]). A history of suicide attempt before imprisonment was not associated with the risk of suicide attempts while imprisoned. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that violence plays a major role in the suicidal process in prison. The inclusion of inmate-to-inmate violence in the screening checklists of inmate suicide risk should be explored.
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- Gaëlle Encrenaz
- Equipe prévention et prise en charge des traumatismes, Centre de recherche INSERM U897 «Epidémiologie et Biostatistiques», University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France; COMPTRASEC CNRS UMR 5114, University Bordeaux 4, Pessac, France.
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- Equipe prévention et prise en charge des traumatismes, Centre de recherche INSERM U897 «Epidémiologie et Biostatistiques», University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France.
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- Equipe prévention et prise en charge des traumatismes, Centre de recherche INSERM U897 «Epidémiologie et Biostatistiques», University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France.
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- Equipe prévention et prise en charge des traumatismes, Centre de recherche INSERM U897 «Epidémiologie et Biostatistiques», University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France; University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Child Psychiatry Department, Charles Perrens Hospital, Bordeaux, France.
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- University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Laboratory: EA Psychology, Health and Quality of Life, Bordeaux, France.
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- University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Laboratory: EA Psychology, Health and Quality of Life, Bordeaux, France.
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- Equipe prévention et prise en charge des traumatismes, Centre de recherche INSERM U897 «Epidémiologie et Biostatistiques», University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France.
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Gettler LT, McDade TW, Agustin SS, Feranil AB, Kuzawa CW. Do testosterone declines during the transition to marriage and fatherhood relate to men's sexual behavior? Evidence from the Philippines. Horm Behav 2013; 64:755-63. [PMID: 24018138 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Revised: 08/11/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Testosterone (T) is thought to help facilitate trade-offs between mating and parenting in humans. Across diverse cultural settings married men and fathers have lower T than other men and couples' sexual activity often declines during the first years of marriage and after having children. It is unknown whether these behavioral and hormonal changes are related. Here we use longitudinal data from a large study in the Philippines (n=433) to test this model. We show that among unmarried non-fathers at baseline (n=153; age: 21.5 ± 0.3 years) who became newly married new fathers by follow-up (4.5 years later), those who experienced less pronounced longitudinal declines in T reported more frequent intercourse with their partners at follow-up (p<0.01) compared to men with larger declines in T. Controlling for duration of marriage, findings were similar for men transitioning from unmarried to married (without children) (p<0.05). Men who remained unmarried and childless throughout the study period did not show similar T-sexual activity outcomes. Among newly married new fathers, subjects who had frequent intercourse both before and after the transition to married fatherhood had more modest declines in T compared to peers who had less frequent sex (p<0.001). Our findings are generally consistent with theoretical expectations and cross-species empirical observations regarding the role of T in male life history trade-offs, particularly in species with bi-parental care, and add to evidence that T and sexual activity have bidirectional relationships in human males.
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- Lee T Gettler
- Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
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Berniell L, de la Mata D, Valdés N. Spillovers of health education at school on parents' physical activity. Health Econ 2013; 22:1004-1020. [PMID: 23780620 DOI: 10.1002/hec.2958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This paper exploits state health education (HED) reforms as quasi-natural experiments to estimate the causal impact of HED received by children on their parents' physical activity. We use data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for the period 1999-2005 merged with data on state HED reforms from the National Association of State Boards of Education Health Policy Database and the 2000 and 2006 School Health Policies and Programs Study. To identify the spillover effects of HED requirements on parents' behavior, we use several methodologies (triple differences, changes in changes, and difference in differences) in which we allow for different types of treatments. We find a positive effect of HED reforms at the elementary school on the probability of parents doing light physical activity. Introducing major changes in HED increases the probability of fathers engaging in physical activity by between 6.3 and 13.7 percentage points, whereas on average, this probability for mothers does not seem to be affected. We analyze several heterogeneous impacts of the HED reforms to unveil the mechanisms behind these spillovers. We find evidence consistent with hypotheses such as gender specialization of parents in childcare activities or information sharing between children and parents.
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Despite the dramatic rise in U.S. nonmarital childbearing in recent decades, limited attention has been paid to factors affecting nonmarital fatherhood (beyond studies of young fathers). In this article, we use data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort to examine the antecedents of nonmarital fatherhood, as compared to marital fatherhood. Overall, we find the strongest support across both data sets for education and race/ethnicity as key predictors of having a nonmarital first birth, consistent with prior literature about women's nonmarital childbearing and about men's early/teenage fatherhood. Education is inversely related to the risk of nonmarital fatherhood, and minority (especially black) men are much more likely to have a child outside of marriage than white men. We find little evidence that employment predicts nonmarital fertility, although it does strongly (and positively) predict marital fertility. High predicted earnings are also associated with a greater likelihood of marital childbearing but with a lower likelihood of nonmarital childbearing. Given the socioeconomic disadvantage associated with nonmarital fatherhood, this research suggests that nonmarital fatherhood may be an important aspect of growing U.S. inequality and stratification both within and across generations.
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- Marcia J. Carlson
- Department of Sociology, Center for Demography and Ecology, and Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706,
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- Department of Sociology and Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison,
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Since Amato and Gilbreth's (1999) meta-analysis of nonresident father involvement and child well-being, nonmarital childbirths and nonresident father involvement both have increased. The unknown implications of such changes motivated the present study, a meta-analytic review of 52 studies of nonresident father involvement and child well-being. Consistent with Amato and Gilbreth, we found that positive forms of involvement were associated with benefits for children, with a small but statistically significant effect size. Amounts of father-child contact and financial provision, however, were not associated with child well-being. Going beyond Amato and Gilbreth, we analyzed the associations between different types of fathering and overall child well-being, and between overall father involvement and different types of child well-being. We found that nonresident father involvement was most strongly associated with children's social well-being and also was associated with children's emotional well-being, academic achievement, and behavioral adjustment. The forms of father involvement most strongly associated with child well-being were involvement in child-related activities, having positive father-child relationships, and engaging in multiple forms of involvement. Moderator analyses demonstrated variation in effect sizes based on both study characteristics and demographic variables. We discuss the implications of these findings for policy and practice.
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- Kari Adamsons
- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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Despite many changing demographic processes in Mexico-declining adult mortality, rising divorce, and rising nonmarital fertility-Mexican children's family structure has been most affected by rising migration rates. Data from five national surveys spanning three decades demonstrate that since 1976, migration has shifted from the least common to the most common form of father household absence. Presently, more than 1 in 5 children experience a father's migration by age 15; 1 in 11 experiences his departure to the United States. The proportions are significantly higher among those children born in rural communities and those born to less-educated mothers. The findings emphasize the importance of framing migration as a family process with implications for children's living arrangements and attendant well-being, particularly in resource-constrained countries. The stability of children's family life in these regions constitutes a substantial but poorly measured cost of worldwide increases in migration.
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- Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Zugna D, Richiardi L, Stephansson O, Cnattingius S, Ludvigsson JF. Mortality rate in children born to mothers and fathers with celiac disease: a nationwide cohort study. Am J Epidemiol 2013; 177:1348-55. [PMID: 23620240 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Celiac disease (CD) is associated with increased mortality rate and adverse pregnancy outcome, but little is known about offspring mortality rate. In this nationwide retrospective cohort study, we identified persons whose biopsy-verified CD was diagnosed in Sweden in 1969-2008. We compared mortality rates in children born to mothers with and without CD (n = 16,121 vs. n = 61,782) and children born to fathers with and without CD (n = 9,289 vs. n = 32,984). Median age of offspring at end of follow-up was 28.7 (range, 16.7-39.7) years. We also examined mortality rates in children born to mothers with undiagnosed CD (later CD diagnosis; n = 12,919) and diagnosed CD (n = 3,202) to determine if intrauterine exposures associated with CD could affect offspring mortality rate. We estimated hazard ratios for death by using Cox regression. Death rates were independent of maternal CD (60 deaths per 100,000 person-years in children of mothers with CD, vs. 54 in controls) and paternal CD (53 deaths per 100,000 person-years in children of fathers with CD, vs. 53 in controls). Corresponding adjusted hazard ratios were 1.09 (95% confidence interval: 0.95, 1.26) for maternal CD and 1.02 (95% confidence interval: 0.85, 1.23) for paternal CD. Death rates were similar in children born to mothers with undiagnosed CD and in children whose mothers had diagnosed CD during pregnancy. Parental CD does not seem to influence mortality rate in offspring, which suggests that neither genetic influences of CD nor intrauterine conditions have adverse effects on offspring mortality rate.
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- Daniela Zugna
- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Centro di Rieferimento per L’Epidemiologia e la Prevenzione Oncologica in Piemonte and University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Lin JD, Hsieh YH, Lin FG. Modification effects of family economic status and school factors on depression risk of single-father family children in Mid-Taiwan area. Res Dev Disabil 2013; 34:1468-1477. [PMID: 23466475 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2012] [Revised: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The incidence of single-parent families has increased significantly in Taiwan in recent years. Children born in single-parent families are predisposed to suffering from emotional problems. We aimed to determine if the children of single-parent families are more depressive than children from both-parent families, and to examine the individual and joint effects of various factors on the depression risk. A cross-sectional study was performed to investigate the depression status of elementary school children in MiaoLi County, Taiwan. A total of 881 eligible subjects, including 144 children from single-parent families were recruited from 29 schools. Data for depression-related demographic characteristics, family and school variables were collected. The results show that 27.6% of children from single-father families with depressive symptoms, 15.1% children from single-mother families and 15.3% children from both-parent families with repressive symptoms. This study provides significant evidences that single-father family was one significant predictor for childhood depression and the enhanced effects of socioeconomic status and peer relationship on depression of children from single father families were found up to 4-fold (OR=4.0, 95% CI=1.8-8.5) and 5-fold (OR=5.5, 95% CI=2.3-13.2) risk respectively. The results provide hints to parents and teachers for improving the mental health of children in single-parent families by reducing the occurrence of depression.
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- Jin-Ding Lin
- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Maliken AC, Fainsilber Katz L. Fathers' emotional awareness and children's empathy and externalizing problems: the role of intimate partner violence. J Interpers Violence 2013; 28:718-734. [PMID: 22929349 DOI: 10.1177/0886260512455866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Emerging evidence suggests that fathers, more so than mothers, socialize emotions in a gender-stereotyped manner. Gender-stereotyped emotion socialization may be particularly pronounced in men perpetrating intimate partner violence (IPV), and may be detrimental to child adjustment, particularly for boys. This study explored the relation between fathers' socialization of children's emotions and child adjustment in families where IPV is present. We hypothesized that in families where there is IPV, fathers' awareness of their children's sadness and fear will be associated with negative child outcomes. Participants were 74 families recruited for a longitudinal study. Interview and questionnaire measures were used to assess IPV and fathers' emotional awareness when children were 5 years old. Child adjustment was measured when children were 16 years old. Results suggested that in families where there is IPV, fathers who were more aware of their children's fear had children who showed lower levels of empathy and higher levels of externalizing problems than children whose fathers were less aware of their fear, specifically for boys. Results are discussed in terms of gender socialization in families where there is IPV.
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Waldron M, Bucholz KK, Lynskey MT, Madden PAF, Heath AC. Alcoholism and timing of separation in parents: findings in a midwestern birth cohort. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2013; 74:337-48. [PMID: 23384382 PMCID: PMC3568171 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2013.74.337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We examined history of alcoholism and occurrence and timing of separation in parents of a female twin cohort. METHOD Parental separation (never-together; never-married cohabitants who separated; married who separated) was predicted from maternal and paternal alcoholism in 326 African ancestry (AA) and 1,849 European/ other ancestry (EA) families. Broad (single-informant, reported in abstract) and narrow (self-report or two-informant) measures of alcoholism were compared. RESULTS Parental separation was more common in families with parental alcoholism: By the time twins were 18 years of age, parents had separated in only 24% of EA families in which neither parent was alcoholic, contrasted with 58% of families in which only the father was (father-only), 61% of families in which only the mother was (mother-only), and 75% in which both parents were alcoholic (two-parent); corresponding AA percentages were 59%, 71%, 82%, and 86%, respectively. Maternal alcoholism was more common in EA nevertogether couples (mother-only: odds ratio [OR] = 5.95; two parent: OR = 3.69). In ever-together couples, alcoholism in either parent predicted elevated risk of separation, with half of EA relationships ending in separation within 12 years of twins' birth for father-only families, 9 years for mother-only families, and 4 years for both parents alcoholic; corresponding median survival times for AA couples were 9, 4, and 2 years, respectively. EA maternal alcoholism was especially strongly associated with separation in the early postnatal years (mother-only: birth-5 years, hazard ratio [HR] = 4.43; 6 years on, HR = 2.52; two-parent: HRs = 5.76, 3.68, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Parental separation is a childhood environmental exposure that is more common in children of alcoholics, with timing of separation highly dependent on alcoholic parent gender.
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- Mary Waldron
- School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
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Parpio Y. Prevalence and associated factors of perceived stress among adolescent girls in Nawabshahi City, Pakistan. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2013; 25:116-119. [PMID: 25098072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated factors of perceived stress among female adolescent in Nawabshah City, Pakistan. METHODS This study was a sub-analysis of a parent research. Analytical cross-sectional design was used to achieve the study objectives. The study population comprised of school-going female adolescents aged 10-16 years resident of Nawabshah City. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and structured questionnaire were employed to measure the prevalence and associated factors of stress respectively. Multiple linear regressions were done to determine the predictors contributing to stress among female adolescents by using SPSS-17. RESULTS The mean (+/- SD) of perceived stress score of the respondents was 27.84 +/- 2.84 with median 28 and the values were ranging from 19-37 scores for female participants. The final model indicated that among adolescents whose fathers are unemployed, the estimated mean score of stress was 0.734 +/- 0.493 higher than adolescents whose fathers are employed. As the number of rooms in the house increased by one, the estimated mean stress score decreases by 0.213 +/- 0.082. Among adolescents whose parents quarrelled, the estimated mean score of stress was 0.158 +/- 0.051 higher than adolescents whom parents did not quarrel. CONCLUSION Almost every second female adolescent (58%) reported stress symptoms. The father's unemployment, number of rooms and parental quarrel is associated with risk of stress among female adolescents.
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An historic number of women in the United States have children outside of marriage, and with more than one father, yet little research has examined the association between family process and women's childbearing decisions. Using a subsample of unmarried women from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (n = 2028), a study of primarily low-income unmarried parents, we conducted discrete-time survival analysis models to predict whether women had another child with the focal child's father (same-father birth) or with a new father (new-father birth). Father involvement was measured by engagement, indirect care, accessibility, and financial support. Overall, mothers who reported greater engagement and indirect care from the focal child's father were more likely to have a same-father birth even when he was not living in her home, and were also less likely to have a new-father birth. Further, mothers who reported greater accessibility and stable financial support from the focal child's nonresident father were also less likely to have a new-father birth. One pathway through which this may have occurred was that single mothers who perceived less indirect care and accessibility from the focal child's nonresident father were more likely to begin new romantic relationships. Indeed, whether or not the mother had a new romantic partner partially mediated the association between indirect care and a same-father birth and fully mediated the association between accessibility and a new-father birth, suggesting that one pathway linking father involvement to a new-father birth was through maternal repartnering. Clinical and policy implications are discussed.
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- Letitia E Kotila
- Department of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University, USA.
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Internet-facilitated sexual offending is receiving increased forensic and clinical attention. Two issues confront this field. First, studies are equivocal as to whether (or not) the possession of Internet pornography can escalate to contact sexual offenses against a child, and second, federal judges have been questioning the length of sentences for users only of child pornography. The findings of this pilot study of 101 federal Internet offenders revealed over half of the men at the time of arrest were employed, educated, were in (or had been in) a relationship, had children, and did not have a prior criminal offense, suggesting a changing profile of a convicted sex offender. Forensic and psychiatric nurses who evaluate users of child pornography contraband need to be knowledgeable of Internet file transfer technology and the various types of contraband viewed specifically for the age of the preferred child, extreme acts to the child (e.g., bondage, S&M), and whether the user prefers images of adults with children or images of children only.
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- Ann W Burgess
- Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA.
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Langley K, Heron J, Smith GD, Thapar A. Maternal and paternal smoking during pregnancy and risk of ADHD symptoms in offspring: testing for intrauterine effects. Am J Epidemiol 2012; 176:261-8. [PMID: 22791738 PMCID: PMC3406617 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in offspring. It is assumed by many that this association is causal. Others suggest that observed associations are due to unmeasured genetic factors or other confounding factors. The authors compared risks of maternal smoking during pregnancy with those of paternal smoking during pregnancy. With a causal intrauterine effect, no independent association should be observed between paternal smoking and offspring ADHD. If the association is due to confounding factors, risks of offspring ADHD should be of similar magnitudes regardless of which parent smokes. This hypothesis was tested in 8,324 children from a well-characterized United Kingdom prospective cohort study, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (data from 1991-2000). Associations between offspring ADHD and maternal and paternal smoking during pregnancy were compared using regression analyses. Offspring ADHD symptoms were associated with exposure to both maternal and paternal smoking during pregnancy (mothers: β = 0.25, 95% confidence interval: 0.18, 0.32; fathers: β = 0.21, 95% confidence interval: 0.15, 0.27). When paternal smoking was examined in the absence of maternal smoking, associations remained and did not appear to be due to passive smoking exposure in utero. These findings suggest that associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and child ADHD may be due to genetic or household-level confounding rather than to causal intrauterine effects.
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- Kate Langley
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Department of Psychological Medicine and Neurology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, United Kingdom.
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Masa'Deh R, Collier J, Hall C. Parental stress when caring for a child with cancer in Jordan: a cross-sectional survey. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2012; 10:88. [PMID: 22838940 PMCID: PMC3416682 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Most studies report that being parents of a child with cancer is a stressful experience, but these have tended to focus on mothers and few have included both parents. Moreover, studies have focussed on families in Western countries and none have been published examining the psychological outcomes for parents living in an Arabic country.This research explores the stress levels of Jordanian parents caring for a child with cancer in order to identify the psychological needs of parents in this environment and to explore how mothers and fathers stress levels might differ. METHODS The study was carried out in Jordan using the Perceived Stress Scale 10-items (PSS10). The questionnaire was completed by 300 couples with a child who has cancer and a comparison group of 528 couples where the children do not have any serious illness. Multivariate backward regression analysis was carried out. RESULTS Analysis adjusting for spousal stress and sociodemographic predictors revealed that stress levels of mothers with a child who had cancer remained significantly higher than mothers whose children did not have any serious illness (p < 0.001). However, having a child with cancer did not show a significant association with the fathers' reported stress scores (p = 0.476) when spousal stress was in the model, but was highly significant once that was removed (p < 0.001).Parental stress was analysed for those with a child who has cancer and in models which included spouse's stress scores, sociodemographic and cancer-related predictors 64 % of the variance was explained for mothers (adjusted R2 = 0.64, p < 0.001) and fathers (adjusted R2 = 0.64, p < 0.001). Models excluding spousal stress scores explained just 26 % of the variance for fathers and 22 % for mothers. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study into the psychological outcomes for parents living in an Arabic country who care for a child with cancer. Both mothers and fathers with a child diagnosed with cancer reported higher stress levels than those from the normal Jordanian parent population. Mothers and fathers of children with cancer reported significantly different levels of stress to each other but models reveal significant contributions of the stress score of fathers upon mothers, and vice versa. The findings provide evidence of the need for psychological support to be developed for families caring for a child with cancer in Jordan.
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- Rami Masa'Deh
- School of Nursing, Midwifery & Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2HA, UK
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Fleten C, Nystad W, Stigum H, Skjaerven R, Lawlor DA, Davey Smith G, Naess O. Parent-offspring body mass index associations in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study: a family-based approach to studying the role of the intrauterine environment in childhood adiposity. Am J Epidemiol 2012; 176:83-92. [PMID: 22771730 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the present study, the authors investigated the role of the intrauterine environment in childhood adiposity by comparing the maternal-offspring body mass index (BMI) association with the paternal-offspring BMI association when the offspring were 3 years of age, using parental prepregnancy BMI (measured as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared). The parent-offspring trios (n = 29,216) were recruited during pregnancy from 2001 to 2008 into the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study conducted by The Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Data from self-administered questionnaires were used in linear regression analyses. Crude analyses showed similar parental-offspring BMI associations; the mean difference in offspring BMI was 0.15 (95% confidence interval: 0.13, 0.16) per each 1-standard-deviation increase in maternal BMI and 0.15 (95% confidence interval: 0.13, 0.17) per each 1-standard-deviation increase in paternal BMI. After all adjustments, the mean difference in offspring BMI per each 1-standard-deviation increment of maternal BMI was 0.12, and the mean difference in offspring BMI per each 1-standard-deviation increment of paternal BMI was 0.13. There was no strong support for heterogeneity between the associations (P > 0.6). In conclusion, results from the present large population-based study showed similar parental-offspring BMI associations when the offspring were 3 years of age, which indicates that the maternal-offspring association may be explained by shared familial (environmental and genetic) risk factors rather than by the intrauterine environment.
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- Caroline Fleten
- Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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Andrews L. Men's place within antenatal care. Pract Midwife 2012; 15:16-18. [PMID: 22908496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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It has increasingly become the trend for men to attend antenatal care appointments with their partners and this paper focuses on the place of expectant fathers within the provision of antenatal care. Much of the literature surrounding men's experiences of antenatal care has focused on their experiences of attending antenatal education classes, and (to a much lesser extent) of being present at ultrasound scans and antenatal care appointments. Drawing from the findings and current guidelines for the inclusion of men in maternity care, implications for practice are provided.
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Despite overwhelming improvements in educational levels and opportunity during the past three decades, educational disadvantages associated with race still persist in Brazil. Using the nationally representative Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra por Domicílio (PNAD) data from 1982 and 1987 to 2007, this study investigates educational inequalities between white, pardo (mixed-race), and black Brazilians over the 25-year period. Although the educational advantage of whites persisted during this period, I find that the significance of race as it relates to education changed. By 2007, those identified as blacks and pardos became more similar in their schooling levels, whereas in the past, blacks had greater disadvantages. I test two possible explanations for this shift: structural changes and shifts in racial classification. I find evidence for both. I discuss the findings in light of the recent race-based affirmative action policies being implemented in Brazilian universities.
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- Leticia J Marteleto
- Department of Sociology and Population Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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Norström L, Lindberg L, Månsdotter A. Could gender equality in parental leave harm off-springs' mental health? A registry study of the Swedish parental/child cohort of 1988/89. Int J Equity Health 2012; 11:19. [PMID: 22463683 PMCID: PMC3364865 DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 03/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Mental ill-health among children and young adults is a growing public health problem and research into causes involves consideration of family life and gender practice. This study aimed at exploring the association between parents' degree of gender equality in childcare and children's mental ill-health. METHODS The population consisted of Swedish parents and their firstborn child in 1988-1989 (N = 118 595 family units) and the statistical method was multiple logistic regression. Gender equality of childcare was indicated by the division of parental leave (1988-1990), and child mental ill-health was indicated by outpatient mental care (2001-2006) and drug prescription (2005-2008), for anxiety and depression. RESULTS The overall finding was that boys with gender traditional parents (mother dominance in childcare) have lower risk of depression measured by outpatient mental care than boys with gender-equal parents, while girls with gender traditional and gender untraditional parents (father dominance in childcare) have lower risk of anxiety measured by drug prescription than girls with gender-equal parents. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that unequal parenting regarding early childcare, whether traditional or untraditional, is more beneficial for offspring's mental health than equal parenting. However, further research is required to confirm our findings and to explore the pathways through which increased gender equality may influence child health.
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- Lisa Norström
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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Takeda T, Ambrosini PJ, deBerardinis R, Elia J. What can ADHD without comorbidity teach us about comorbidity? Res Dev Disabil 2012; 33:419-425. [PMID: 22119689 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Revised: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/26/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Neuropsychiatric comorbidity in ADHD is frequent, impairing and poorly understood. In this report, characteristics of comorbid and comorbid-free ADHD subjects are investigated in an attempt to identify differences that could potentially advance our understanding of risk factors. In a clinically-referred ADHD cohort of 449 youths (ages 6-18), age, gender, IQ, SES and ADHD symptoms were compared among ADHD comorbid free subjects and ADHD with internalizing and externalizing disorders. Logistic regression analyses were also carried out to investigate the relationship between comorbidity and parental psychiatric status. Age range was younger in the ADHD without comorbidity and older in ADHD+internalizing disorders. No significant difference in IQ or SES was found among ADHD comorbid and comorbid-free groups. ADHD with internalizing disorder has a significantly greater association with paternal psychiatric conditions. After matching by age, gender, IQ and SES, ADHD with externalizing disorders had significantly higher total ADHD, hyperactivity/impulsivity score and single item score of difficulty awaiting turn than ADHD without comorbidity and ADHD with internalizing disorders. Older age ranges, ADHD symptom severity and parental psychopathology may be risk factors for comorbidity.
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- Toshinobu Takeda
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Nolan M, Catling J, Smith J. At home in early labour: what fathers do and how they feel--part 3. Pract Midwife 2012; 15:14-17. [PMID: 22479849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This is the third in a series of three articles which present data from a 2010 survey completed by 263 fathers on their experience of being at home with their partner in early labour. Fathers' state of mind during early labour is explored. Anxiety levels are found to be high, particularly in regard to the wellbeing of their partners and babies. Attending antenatal classes does not appear to diminish anxiety and often, nor does speaking to a midwife in early labour. These results require cautious interpretation but also suggest that men need better preparation for their role in supporting mothers during labour.
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Despite only accounting for 6% of the general population, African American males represent nearly 50% of the prison population. To investigate the impact of mass incarceration on African American families, data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being study were analyzed. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to examine the impact of previous incarceration on African American fathers' instrumental and affective involvement with their children, and the extent to which their previous incarceration influences their children's behavior. Results revealed that 51% of the fathers in the sample had been incarcerated by their child's fifth birthday. The results also revealed that these fathers fared worse economically and were less involved with their children. Moreover, the children of previously incarcerated fathers had significantly worse behavioral problems than the children of fathers who had never been incarcerated.
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- Armon R Perry
- Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
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Nolan M, Catling J, Smith J. At home in early labour: what fathers do and how they feel--part 2. Pract Midwife 2011; 14:22-24. [PMID: 22216584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This is the second in a series of three articles which present data from a 2010 survey completed by 263 fathers on their experience of being at home with their partner in early labour. Fathers' state of mind during early labour is explored. Anxiety levels are found to be high, particularly in regard to the wellbeing of their partners and babies. Attending antenatal classes does not appear to diminish anxiety and nor does speaking to a midwife in early labour. These results require cautious interpretation but also suggest that men need better preparation for their role in supporting mothers during labour.
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Nolan M, Catling J, Smith J. At home in early labour: what fathers do and how they feel--part 1. Pract Midwife 2011; 14:25-29. [PMID: 22132538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A survey of fathers from across the UK was carried out to explore their experience of being at home with their partners in early labour. Respondents were recruited via the Fatherhood Institute website and by contacting children's centres. Two hundred and sixty three men from diverse backgrounds responded. Approximately two fifths had found that early labour matched up to their expectations, but many fathers had been greatly or somewhat surprised by what happened. In terms of deciding when to leave home and go to the hospital or birth centre, fathers did not generally see themselves as the primary decision makers, but half had been either primarily or jointly responsible for the decision. There is therefore a strong case for ensuring that expectant fathers are given information when attending clinics or antenatal classes with their partners to help them understand the latent phase of labour and signs of established labour.
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This paper is the first to explore the extent to which the health effects of job displacement extend to the children of displaced workers. Using detailed work and fertility histories from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, estimates are identified by comparing the outcomes of children born after a displacement to the outcomes of those born before. This analysis reveals that husbands' job losses have significant negative effects on infant health. They reduce birth weights by approximately four and a half percent with suggestive evidence that the effect is concentrated on the lower half of the birth weight distribution.
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- Jason M Lindo
- Department of Economics, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
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Schluter PJ, Tautolo ES, Paterson J. Experience of physical abuse in childhood and perpetration of physical punishment and violence in adulthood amongst fathers: findings from the Pacific Islands Families Study. Pac Health Dialog 2011; 17:148-162. [PMID: 22675811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Family violence is a serious and increasingly significant public health issue, both in New Zealand and internationally. While Pacific families in New Zealand experience disproportionately higher rates of violence compared to their Palagi counterparts, little epidemiological information exists about the effect of childhood abuse on Pacific fathers and whether it increases their proclivity on perpetrating violence. AIMS To determine the prevalence of physical discipline administered to young Pacific children by their fathers and physical intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated against their partners; and to relate this to fathers' recalled levels of paternal and maternal childhood physical abuse. METHODS A cohort of Pacific infants born during 2000 in Auckland, New Zealand, was followed. At 6-weeks and 2-years postpartum, home interviews conducted for mothers and experience of IPV within the last 12 months was measured using the Conflict Tactics Scale. At 1-year and 2-years postpartum, home interviews conducted for fathers and acts of physical discipline were elicited. At the 1-year phase, childhood history of physical abuse was also elicited using the Exposure to Abusive and Supportive Environments Parenting Inventory. Crude and adjusted generalised estimating equation models were employed for statistical analyses. RESULTS The sample included 786 partnered fathers who were living with their child at the 1-year measurement wave and 579 fathers at the 2-years measurement wave. Smacking children was common (25.0% at 1-year, 81.7% at 2-years) and hitting children with an object was not infrequent (1.4% at 1-year, 14.2% at 2-years). Physical IPV perpetrated by the father ranged from 23.1% to 27.5% while severe IPV was reported by 10.1% to 14.3% of partners. Fathers subjected to higher levels of paternal physical abuse in childhood were significantly more likely to physically discipline their child with smacking than those with lower levels of paternal physical abuse, after adjusting for confounding factors; as were fathers subjected to higher levels of maternal physical abuse. While not statistically significant, fathers subjected to higher levels of paternal or maternal physical abuse in childhood had estimated odds ratios greater than unity for all other physical violence measures captured compared to fathers with lower levels of paternal or maternal physical abuse. DISCUSSION Violence perpetrated by fathers on children and their partners appears common for many Pacific families in New Zealand. These findings highlight the deleterious effect of paternal and maternal physical abuse in childhood on subsequent physical violence and IPV in adulthood. To break this intergenerational cycle of violence, culturally targeted and specific approaches are needed to negate this complex and damaging phenomena.
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- Philip J Schluter
- University of Otago, Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Gao W, Paterson J, Carter S, Iusitini L, Sundborn G. Agreement and discordance of parents' and teachers' reports of behavioural problems among Pacific children living in New Zealand. Pac Health Dialog 2011; 17:65-77. [PMID: 22675805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Research suggests that ratings of child psychopathology by parents and teachers are generally not highly correlated. We examined the agreement and discordance between the child behaviour ratings of parents and teachers of a cohort of 6-year-old Pacific children living in New Zealand, based on scores from the Child Behaviour Checklist and the Teacher Report Form. Mother's reports were obtained for 1019 children, of whom, 602 also had father's reports and 559 had teacher's reports. Rater agreement was low between all pairs of informants. Fathers and teachers had higher agreement than mothers and fathers, the latter in turn had higher agreement than mothers and teachers, and agreement was generally higher for Externalizing problems than Internalizing problems. In terms of discordance, mothers reported more aggressive behaviour than fathers, while fathers reported more Internalizing and Total problems than mothers. Mothers and fathers generally reported more behaviour problems than teachers. The higher agreement found between informants from different settings (fathers and teachers) than between informants from similar settings (mothers and fathers) is in contrast with some of the literature. Further research is needed to investigate how child, informant, and setting characteristics affect ratings of children's behaviour.
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- Wanzhen Gao
- Temple University, Center for Asian Health, Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, USA
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