Research has revealed a positive relationship between problem behaviours of the care recipient and psychological distress in the care provider. Rarely, however, have researchers assessed the relationship between problem behaviours of the care recipient and key physiological mechanisms, relevant for the physical health status of their caregivers. This study extends previous work by examining the...

background many dental problems such as tooth decay starts from childhood. in this regard, attitudes and beliefs of mothers about oral-dental health are important. the aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting oral-dental health in children of the mothers who referred to the qom health centers by using of the health belief model. materials and methods this is cross-sectional desc...

OBJECTIVE Demonstrate multivariate multilevel survival analysis within a larger structural equation model. Test the 3 hypotheses that when confronted by a negative parent, child rates of angry, sad/fearful, and positive emotion will increase, decrease, and stay the same, respectively, for antisocial compared with normal children. This same pattern will predict increases in future antisocial beh...

objectives: to investigate the effectiveness of resiliency training in improving the mother-child relationship between mothers and their children with mental retardation.  methods: this study employed an experimental design (pre-test, post-test) with the control group. the statistical population consisted of 52 mothers and their educable and mentally retarded children (3-12 years old) who were ...

The relationship between maxillo-facial patterns and function of the masticatory muscles was evaluated using electromyography, in 16 women with functional normal occlusion and 16 girls with chronological normal occlusion half of them had the dolico facial pattern and the others had the brachyo facial pattern by Ricketts analysis. For the electromyography, loads of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 kg were appl...

Children and their parents often differ in their perception of the relationship they share. As this relationship changes developmentally, the nature of these differences may also change. Longitudinal genetic designs can be used to investigate the developmental etiologies of shared and distinct perceptions. In this study, we used longitudinal psychometric models to analyze child and parent repor...

Previous research investigating the relationship between parents' and children's diets has focused on single foods or nutrients, and not on global diet, which may be more important for good health. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between parental diet quality and child dietary patterns. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 17 primary schools in Dunedin, New Zealand...