background: parenting style is associated with children's health-related behaviors. one of the popularity and applicability assessment tools is parenting style and dimensions questionnaire (psdq) that the lack of iranian version can be seen.this study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of iranian version of psdq.materials and methods: this study was done with randomize...

This grounded theory study used in-depth, semi-structured interview to examine the information-seeking behaviors of 35 parents of children with Down syndrome. Emergent themes include a progressive pattern of behavior including information overload and avoidance, passive attention, and active information seeking; varying preferences between tacit and explicit information at different stages; and...

The purpose of this study is to understand mental health literacy (MHL) (Jorm, 2000) in lower income women postpartum and share participant experiences of recognizing and seeking help for depressive symptoms. Focus group textual data were received from 25 participants who completed a weight and psychosocial health longitudinal study. Iterative content data analysis using Jorm's framework provid...

Purpose The prevalence of obesity in the U.S. has become a serious health threat in the last two decades. Despite increased use of integrative medicine (IM) for chronic disease, research on the utilization and effectiveness of IM for management of obesity is limited. The purpose of this study was to: (1) examine how patient reasons for seeking IM care, patient treatment goals, and services prov...

OBJECTIVE To examine the extent to which effortful control (EC) and sensation seeking (SS) tendencies explain the association between the severity of ADHD symptoms and risky behaviors. METHOD Participants included 555 college students (66% females) who completed self-report measures assessing their ADHD symptoms, EC abilities, SS tendencies, and risky health (e.g., substance use) and driving/...

UNLABELLED Little is known about immigrant Latino sexual minorities’ health seeking behaviors. This study examined factors associated with perceptions of access and actual care behaviors among this population in North Carolina. METHODS A community-based participatory research partnership recruited 180 Latino sexual minority men and transgender individuals within preexisting social networks to...

Journalists and librarians share a common goal of providing information to the public, yet very little is known about how journalists’ seeking behavior intersects with libraries. This case study seeks understand environmental journalists by investigating their needs intersect library changed over course 9-month fellowship at University Colorado Boulder. Semi-structured interviews were conducted...