Religious Muslim American Mothers’ Perceptions of Child Behavior Problems

Correlates of smoking behavior among Muslim Arab-American adolescents.

OBJECTIVES Although ethnic and gender differences in adolescent smoking have been well documented, factors influencing susceptibility to smoking and experimentation among the ethnic group of Muslim Arab-American youth have received little research attention. This study examines the smoking prevalence, the associations of known smoking risk factors, religious and cultural influences with adolesc...

Preventing Child Behavior Problems

Relationship Between Child Behavior Problems, Parental Stress, Child Abuse Potential, and Substance Use Among Mothers in the Child Welfare System

Polarized Churches : The Political Sorting of American Religious Behavior ‖

Child feeding perceptions among mothers with eating disorders.

Feeding and eating difficulties are documented among the offspring of mothers with eating disorders. Understanding the perspective of mothers with eating disorders is likely essential to develop parent-based early prevention programs for children of these mothers. In the present study, twenty-nine mothers who were diagnosed with an eating disorder prior to becoming mothers and who currently had...