Psychological complaints among children in joint physical custody and other family types: Considering parental factors

Psychological complaints among children in joint physical custody and other family types: Considering parental factors

AIMS Increasing proportions of Scandinavian children and children in other Western countries live in joint physical custody, moving between parents' homes when parents live apart. Children and parents in non-intact families are at risk of worse mental health. The potential influence of parental ill-health on child well-being in the context of differing living arrangements has not been studied t...

The role of work- related physical and psychological factors on prevalence of neck/shoulder complaints among nurses: A multicentric study

Background: Identifying the predisposing factors of neck and shoulder complaints and finding solutions to avoid them could improve the occupational health condition of the nurses. In this study, we aimed at determining the role of psychological and physical occupational factors in developing neck and shoulder complaints among the participants.   Methods: This analytic cross-sectional st...

Physical activity, psychological complaints, and occupational health.

The Association between Family and Parental Factors and Obesity among Children in Nanchang, China

BACKGROUND With rapid economic development in China, traditional patterns of health behaviors are changing, concurrent with a rise in childhood obesity. While the home environment and parenting behaviors are modifiable factors that could be targeted for intervention, little is known about their relationship with children's health behaviors. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigat...

Effects of joint custody on children.

An ancient Buddhist story I tells of a young mother who took her baby son to the pond of the sage Mahosadha to bathe him. A ghoul, watching from a distance, assumed the form of a woman and approached the mother and son, asking if she might play with the child. The ghoul took the child in her arms, singing softly to it. All of a sudden the ghoul ran off with the child, while the mother pursued, ...