BACKGROUND The aim of this survey was to examine sexual behavior, use of contraception, and communication regarding these issues between mothers and their teenage daughters. METHODS This descriptive cohort study included 314 pairs of women aged 15-24 years and their mothers, from an urban area in Israel. The participants completed questionnaires about sexual history and contraceptive usage. T...

BACKGROUND Given that mothers play a role in the sexual education of their daughters, it is important to understand their views of sexual health and related programs. This study was aimed at exploring mothers' perspectives regarding sexual health education for their adolescent daughters in Mahshahr, Iran. METHODS In this qualitative study, in-depth interviews with ten key informants and five ...

We examined changes in obesity rates in two generations of Swedish women entering pregnancy, and assessed the effects of maternal body mass index (BMI) on the risk of overweight or obesity among adult daughters. This study covered an intergenerational retrospective cohort of 26,561 Swedish mothers and their 26,561 first-born daughters. There was a 4-fold increase in obesity rates, which rose fr...

enhanc ing management of mothers during adolescence of their daughters in guidance schools of urmia     ahangrzadeh rezaei s [1] , khalilzadeh h [2]     received: july 27, 2011 accepted: september 23, 2011     abstract   background and aims: adolescence and puberty is one of the most sensitive periods of human life that causes the person feel and behave differently. undoubtedly adolescence dire...

BACKGROUND At both ends of the female reproductive span, the risk of reproductive problems is increased. We hypothesize that this is partly explained by inadequate maturation of oocytes ('pre-ovulatory overripeness'). As this phenomenon has been shown to lead to gonadal anomalies in the offspring of animals, we tested the prediction that daughters of older and very young mothers more often suff...

We present our findings on the current well-being of 125 adolescent girls living in families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF) in terms of their health, mental health, and substance abuse status, academic performance, and teenage behaviors. This mixed-method study included separate structured face-to-face interviews with each adolescent and her mother. In addition...

Having a depressed mother is one of the strongest predictors for developing depression in adolescence. Given the role of aberrant reward processing in the onset and maintenance of depression, we examined the association between mothers' and their daughters' neural response to the anticipation of reward and loss. Fifteen non-depressed mothers with a history of recurrent depression and their neve...

Intergenerational Educational Persistence among Daughters: Evidence from India We examine educational transmission between fathers (mothers) and daughters in India for daughters born during 1962-1991. We find that educational persistence, as measured by the regression coefficient of father’s (mother’s) education as a predictor of daughter’s education, has declined over time. However, the correl...

In previous papers, we have identified a number of differences in both the reproductive profiles and patterns of maternal care shown by female gerbils exhibiting vaginal opening either before or after weaning. Early-maturing females delivered their first litters when younger, produced a greater percentage of female offspring/litter, and a greater percentage of early-maturing daughters than late...