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Intergenerational relations have received close attention in the context of population aging and increased childcare provision by grandparents. However, few studies investigated psychological consequences becoming a grandparent. In preregistered test grandparenthood as developmental task middle older adulthood, we used representative panel data from Netherlands ( N = 563) United States 2210) to...

Purpose The practice of consanguinity has been culturally preferred in most Arab countries, including Morocco. This behavior leads to an increase genetic abnormalities, such as hypertension and diabetes. paper examines the prevalence determinants first-cousin marriages their impact on diabetes among offspring. Design/methodology/approach Data 882 couples were collected through face-to-face inte...

Abstract COVID-19 has increased economic hardship for many families, including custodial grandparent-headed families. We aim to examine latent classes of material among assess predictors associated with identified classes, and investigate associations grandchildren’s physical mental health outcomes during COVID-19. Data was collected from a cross-sectional survey in June 2020. The sample compri...

The research results from the Museum Learning Collaborative indicate that learning in museums (defined as conversational elaboration) is strongly influenced by three factors: 1) the learning environment (defined as the response to large design features); 2) conversational engagement (defined as explanatory, analytic and synthetic discussions of objects); 3) group identity (defined as knowledge,...

BACKGROUND Because of the increasing number of mothers who continue to work after childbirth, participation in childcare has diversified. However, the impact of the main caregiver on children's habits has not been determined. We sought to examine the effect of caregiver differences on childhood habituation of between-meal eating and body mass index (BMI). METHODS The Ibaraki Children's Cohort...

BACKGROUND Atopic dermatitis (AD) is common among pre-school children in Shanghai. This study aimed to identify the risk factors for childhood AD from the perspectives of home environment, demographics and parents-grandparents' atopic disease. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in Shanghai in April-June, 2010. Preschool children's parents or guardians were invited to participate a ...