CONTEXT The experiences of women who have negative emotional outcomes, including regret, following an abortion have received little research attention. Qualitative research can elucidate these women's experiences and ways their needs can be met and emotional distress reduced. METHODS Twenty-one women who had emotional difficulties related to an abortion participated in semi-structured, in-dep...

Using data collected over a 6-year period on a sample of 1,039 European American children, 550 African American children, and 401 Hispanic children from the children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study assessed whether maternal emotional support of the child moderates the relation between spanking and behavior problems. Children were 4–5 years of age in the first of 4 waves...

An approach to personalized service rendering based on using affective computing technologies is described. The proposed consists of considering clients’ emotional states and their individual characteristics in the process providing services. Rendering services supplemented by formalization stages client’s state support. paper considers online learning as subject area research. A general descri...