The First Five Years of Life: The Preschool Years

O10: Why Preschool Education Programs Is So Important

Neurological development is largely a result of the learning that takes place starting at birth and during the earliest years of life. Child Care and Preschool Education Programs are key to predicting ultimate success in school and life. Children who attend preschool or other early education programs have enhanced cognitive, verbal, and social development (which is maintained into the first few...

Causes of Mortality during the First Five Years of Life, Yazd City, Iran (2005-2008)

Investigating the role of Self-Efficacy and Parenting Style of Mothers as Predictors of Anxiety in Preschool Children

Background & Aim: The experiences of the first years of life and the interaction style between mother with the child, specifies the foundation of child's health or illness in adulthood. Parenting styles and self-efficacy of mothers are two important factors that can affect child's anxiety. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the role of mother's self-efficacy and parenting s...

مطالعه تغییراتِ رضایت زناشویی، رضایت جنسی و بهزیستی ذهنی در 5 سال اول زندگی مشترک: تحلیل روند

Purpose: This research administrated with the goal of studying the trend of changes in marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction and subjective well-being in the first 5 years of marital life. Method: So, 200 married women of Sari City aged 40-16 years were selected using convenience sampling. They answered to the scales The Index of Sexual Satisfaction-short‐form, Relationship Assessment scale...

The Correlation Between the Mental Health of Children With Cancer and Their Mothers

Background and Purpose: Childhood cancer can affect the adjustment of children and their parents, especially their mothers. This study aimed to assess the correlation between the general health and illness perception of mothers of children with cancer with the quality of life of their children. Materials and Methods: This research was a cross-sectional study conducted on 100 children with canc...

Effectiveness of the Westmead therapeutic method on preschool children with stuttering

Introduction: It has been well established that early intervention programs for preschool children are both effective for decreasing the potential problems in adulthood and also for preventing from chronic stuttering. Syllable-time speech therapeutic method is considered as an effective method in these children. The present study investigated the effectiveness of the Westmead therapeutic method...