OBJECTIVE To measure change in patient activation and self-efficacy in individuals with phenylketonuria (PKU) before and after a 6-month phone-based motivational interviewing (MI) intervention and determine the feasibility of implementing dietary counseling for PKU using an MI approach. METHODS Participants (n = 31) included preadolescents (7-12 years), adolescents (13-17 years), and adults (...

OBJECTIVE Parental empathy is associated with a host of beneficial psychosocial outcomes for children. However, less is known about the effects of being empathic for parents. The current study tested the hypothesis that, although parental empathy may be beneficial to children both psychologically and physiologically, it may take a physiological toll on parents. METHOD The current study examin...

Sooyeon Oh*, Nayoung Kim*, Dong Hyun Oh, Soo-Mee Bang, Yoon Jin Choi, Ju Yub Lee, Kyung Won Lee, Ho Il Yoon, Hee Chul Yang, Jin Ho Paik, Dong Ho Lee*, and Hyun Chae Jung* *Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Departments of Internal Medicine, Radiology, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and Pathology, Seoul Nation...

objectives: the aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of anger rumination and its relationship with coping strategies and assertiveness in students of mohaghegh ardebili university. methods: the present research was a descriptive correlational study. the study population consisted of all students enrolled in the academic year 1390-91 (n = 8344). in the first step, to determine the pre...

Epidemiological and clinical information on respiratory and allergic disorders in adolescents has been collected from the adolescents themselves or from their parents, but little is known about the differences between these two sources of information. This study compared the responses to 10 identically worded questions from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) qu...

BACKGROUND A range of adverse birth outcomes is associated with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure. AIM To examine the effects of moderate levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy on children's intellectual ability, learning and attention at 14 years of age. STUDY DESIGN AND SUBJECTS The Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy involves a prospective birth cohort of 7223 singlet...

objective: self-harm was classified to show forms like non-suicidal self injury and indirect risky behaviors and drug abuse. the aims of this study were to compare suicidal tendencies indexes and difficulty in emotion regulation skills in mixed groups of adolescents with direct and indirect forms of self-harm. methods: in a casual-comparative design from population of delinquent adolescents det...

BACKGROUND One specific type of social anxiety, occurring primarily in Japanese culture, is called taijin kyofusho. Taijin kyofusho is characterized by an intense fear that one's body parts or functions displease, embarrass or are offensive to others. AIM The main aim of the present study was to compare the frequency and correlates of taijin kyofusho symptoms (TKS) in Japanese adolescents and...

OBJECTIVES The current study was designed to test a neurohormonally based theory of sexual orientation and preferred partner characteristics in homosexual men. The theory holds that the brains of homosexual men are masculinized and feminized directing attraction to targets younger and more masculine than self, and the brains of homosexual adolescents are incompletely masculinized and feminized ...