INTRODUÇÃO: O stress parental surge quando as exigências do papel dos pais são percecionadas como algo que ultrapassa suas capacidades ou recursos. A pandemia por COVID-19 trouxe muitos desafios à gestão familiar, pelo se pretendeu caracterizar o nível de durante período estado emergência vigorou 19 março a 2 maio 2020, em Portugal. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo transversal. Amostra con...

BACKGROUND The role of social and family environments in the development of mental health problems among children and youth has been widely investigated. However, the degree to which parental working conditions may impact on developmental psychopathology has not been thoroughly studied. METHODS We conducted a case-control study of several mental health outcomes of 19,833 children of sawmill w...

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship of minority stress with experiences of parenthood (e.g. parental stress and parental justification) and child adjustment in lesbian mother families. Three components of minority stress were examined, namely, experiences of rejection as a result of the non-traditional family situation, perceived stigma, and internalized homophobia. A total of...

Parental stress endangers the own mental stability and is considered as a factor for dysfunctional parental behavior (Tröster 2011). Parents of hearing impaired children face stressful challenges that can even persist after cochlear implantation (CI) their child.

BACKGROUND Previous research suggests that perceived stress in adolescence is socially patterned, but that this relationship may depend on the measure of socioeconomic status (SES) used. This study examines if social gradients in perceived stress, negative life events, and coping exist amongst Danish adolescents, and, if life events and coping strategies can partly account for an association be...

The present study used a Double-ABCX model to explore parental stress in 48 British families with children with developmental disabilities and behaviour problems in relation to certain child characteristics, resources, parents' perceptions and coping styles. Results indicated that the strongest predictors of parental stress were family coping style and parental internal locus of control. Parent...

OBJECTIVE To study stress in fathers of preterm infants admitted in a neonatal intensive care unit. METHODS Questionnaire-based study. Questionnaire included domains on infants health, maternal illness, staff behavior, parental role, home affairs and finances. Eligible fathers were repeatedly interviewed on day 7 (n=80), day 17 (n=59) and day 27 (n=28). Raw and standardized stress scores were...