Parental care promotes offspring survival and, for livestock species, this care is provided solely by the mother. Maternal behaviour in the sheep has been exceptionally well-studied compared with other species and many of the underpinning biological processes leading to the expression of maternal care are known. In this review the current state of play with regard to the biology of maternal car...

It has been suggested that early experiences in families may be related to one's parenting as an adult. Conceptual models were tested that investigated how personality and marital relationships are linked to parenting within and between generations. Eighty mother-grandmother pairs completed questionnaires concerning personality, marital relationships, and parenting. Restrictive and nurturant pa...

and the concrete come together in the dojo andprovide a key to the doors. The threshold leads to an aug-mented understanding of Aikido and Kabbalah, and forsome, much more.These complexities may have a basis in human nature. Writing about brain science and the biology of belief,Newberg and d’Aquili note “that the root of the ceremonialrites of all human societies, from t...

Despite the well-documented efficacy of psychoeducational and behavioral approaches in family interventions for persons with serious mental illness (1), clinicians have rarely included these methods in their professional repertoires (2). Journal publications, books, continuing education courses, and advocacy by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and its local affiliates have induced few...

Herein I explore creativity as a prime force in the evolution of consciousness, a fundamental motivating energy related to a need to maintain or regain spontaneity and freedom, and having rudimentary existence from the beginning of life. It has its own developmental progression, throughout life makes its demands on the mind, is subject to dissociation and repression, and can be defended against...

a r t i c l e i n f o We investigated the hypotheses that extraversion is associated with unrestricted sociosexuality (operationalized as greater sexual experience and greater short-term mating orientation) and that this association is mediated by reduced cortisol reactivity to psychosocial stress. Study participants were heterosexual male college students (n = 109). Extraversion was assessed w...

The women’s movement is probably the key historical event forcing a revision of the modern feminist family. In the 1970s feminists promoted the metaphor of sisterhood as a challenge to patriarchy. In their call for global sisterhood, feminists would create an alliance of women everywhere based on the commonality of women and in opposition to the patriarchal societies within which women live. In...

BACKGROUND Despite the large number of parenting questionnaires, considerable disagreement exists about how to best assess parenting. Most of the instruments only assess limited aspects of parenting. To overcome this shortcoming, the "Comprehensive General Parenting Questionnaire" (CGPQ) was systematically developed. Such a measure is frequently requested in the area of childhood overweight. ...

I cannot be in the company of still active Yale colleagues without having far too many memories. To suffer reminiscences, Freud noted, is to suffer neurosis, and this should probably not be inflicted-even on deserving friends! Nor has Fritz Redlich done anything so drastic, in spite of being busted in bronze and hung in portraits, for us not to celebrate his astonishingly productive present. I ...

OBJECTIVE Exploring associations between parenting behavior and children's health related behavior including physical activity, sedentary behavior, diet and sleep. METHODS We recruited 288 parents and their children (6-12y old). Children's weight and height were measured. Fat percentage was determined by air displacement plethysmography. Parents reported socio-demographic data, sleep informat...