Recent research indicates that parental work stress has implications for the quality of family interaction and, in turn, children’s and adolescents’ adjustment. Studies in two distinct genres are reviewed: investigations relying on global reports of work demands, family dynamics, and child and adolescent adjustment and studies focusing on within-person comparisons of family interaction on days ...

This study describes the impact of pet dogs on stress of primary carers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Stress levels of 38 primary carers acquiring a dog and 24 controls not acquiring a dog were sampled at: Pre-intervention (17 weeks before acquiring a dog), post-intervention (3-10 weeks after acquisition) and follow-up (25-40 weeks after acquisition), using the Parenting Stre...

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Mental health in families has been affected by COVID-19 stressors. Parental stress and emotion regulation can moderate the emotional effects on their children. This study analyzes role of parental as a mediating variable between parents’ children’s symptoms. Participants were 214 parents youth aged 3-17 years, who completed an online survey providing information about variables symptoms The res...

The objective of this study was to learn how post-birth marriage among fragile families was related to child behavior problems by examining the (1) characteristics that predict postbirth marriage, (2) the relationship of various dimensions of post-birth marriage (i.e., occurrence, timing, identity of mother’s partner, relationship trajectory, and family instability) to child behavior problems, ...

Association of Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences and Current Child Adversity Prompted by a growing body of evidence demonstrating the significant lifelong effect of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress, health care professionals have begun to address these issues more directly.1-3 The parental history of ACE may serve as a marker of risk for child adversity, thus offering ...

Trichothecene mycotoxins are natural contaminants of small grain cereals and are encountered in the environment, posing a worldwide threat to human and animal health. Their mechanism of toxicity is poorly understood, and little is known about cellular protection mechanisms against trichothecenes. We previously identified inhibition of mitochondrial protein synthesis as a novel mechanism for tri...

TOPIC Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects more than 5 million American children; the likelihood of their parents experiencing stress is high, which may lead to negative outcomes. Mindful parenting is a parent training modality that teaches compassion, listening, and creative engagement with one's child, and has been shown to be effective in decreasing levels of parental stre...