Latino families who express a higher degree of familism are characterized by positive interpersonal familial relationships, high family unity, social support, interdependence in the completion of daily activities, and close proximity with extended family members. Retention of cultural values, such as familism, may be linked to positive health outcomes; however, little is known about how familie...

BACKGROUND Child gender preference is important in some cultures and has been found to modify risk for antenatal and postnatal depression. We investigated discrepancies in the child gender preference between participating women and other key family members and the extent to which these predicted perinatal depression. METHODS In a large cohort study of perinatal depression in urban and rural T...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship of external influence to parental distress when making a decision about research or treatment for a child with a life-threatening illness and to test potential moderators of this relationship. METHODS Parents (n = 219) who made a decision about research or treatment for a child completed measures of external influence, distress, decision-making preference...

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INTRODUCTION Gender equality has been a priority area of demographic research. One of the major reasons for high fertility and low acceptance of family planning is the prevalence of gender preference among couples. The objectives of this study were to identify the determinants and examine the extent of gender preference on fertility. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study carried from June 2...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine the proportion of women who want to know fetal gender on antenatal ultrasonography and the reasons behind this. METHODS A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out between March 10, 2012 and September 10, 2012 at two tertiary care hospitals (Dow University Hospital, Ojha Campus, and Lady Dufferin Hospital) in Karachi. In total, ...

Abstract Mediation is mandatory for all separating and divorcing parents in Norway with children under 16 years. The participation of voluntary. Living arrangement preferences presented by attending child-inclusive family mediation (n = 346, aged 4–18 years) have been examined. 47.1 per cent gave a living preference, older were more likely to express preference primarily the mother compared an ...

Children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may play with limited objects or toys, making it difficult for teachers to identify reinforcers to use in teaching new skills. The goal of this study was to alter children's preferences from highly preferred toys to toys that were originally less preferred using an observational pairing procedure. Child participants observed a preferred adult play...

Results: Out of the 263 eligible couples, 136 (52%) couples (male 61% and female 39%) were found to be contraceptive users. Sociodemographic factors significantly associated with current contraceptive use were age (21-25 years) (χ2=8.228, p-value=0.042), sex (males) (χ2=8.925, p-value= 0.003), education (literate) (χ2= 9.226, p-value= 0.026), family planning knowledge (χ2= 5.069, pvalue=0.024) ...

Three- to 4-month-old infants reared by female caregivers display a spontaneous preference for individual adult women's over men's faces. Here we report that this preference extends to prototype girl over boy faces. The findings suggest transfer of gender-diagnostic facial information from individual adult to prototype child faces.