The objective of this study was to examine rates of depression among migrant children (MC) and left-behind children (LBC) as compared to non-left-behind children (NLBC) and also to examine the relationship between depression among these children and the quality of their parent-child and teacher-child relationships. This study collected data from a large sample of 3,759 children aged from 8 to 1...

Occupational therapy practitioners are among the professionals who provide services to children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), embracing both leadership and supportive roles in service delivery. The study's primary aims were as follows: (1) to identify, evaluate, and synthesize the research literature on interventions for ASD of relevance to occupational therapy and (2) to inte...

background: self-esteem is one of the basic needs for all individuals especially in adolescence. the aim of this study was to determine associations between adolescents’ self-esteem and perceived maternal parenting styles as well as its dimensions in terms of family type. methods: in this analytic cross-sectional study, 356 high school students (250 two-parent nuclear family and 106 single-pare...

This study examines factors related to three dimensions of parent involvement in preschool: school-based involvement, home-based involvement, and the parent–teacher relationship. Participants were 154 predominantly African American parents recruited from two Head Start programs. Results of bivariate and canonical correlation analyses support the validity of a multidimensional, ecological concep...

This paper presents two studies outlining the development and validation of a new parent- adolescent-report measure parent-adolescent relationship: Parent-Adolescent Relationship Scale (PARS). Study 1 involved an exploratory factor analysis on sample 256 parents adolescents aged 11-18 years. Results produced 21-item comprising three subscales, Connectedness, Shared Activities, Hostility, each w...

Limited research has examined how family environments are associated with the relationship context of first sex, an important indicator of reproductive health risk. We use data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to assess the association between the family environment - parent-parent relationships, parent-adolescent relationships, and family structure - and relationship context...

the purpose of this research is determination of the effectiveness  of child-centered play therapy on internalizing problems in children. for this purpose, 30 students who had behavioral problems were identified by interviewing with parent and were evaluated by using the child behavior checklist (cbcl). among them, 10 students gain score above of cutoff point. finally, 5 students accidentally w...