PARENTAL STRESS, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SATISFACTION WITH SERVICES, AND FAMILY QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PARENTS OF CHIDREN RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES by Heather F. Lundy Family quality of life (FQOL) refers to the degree to which families of individuals with disabilities are able to meet their basic needs, enjoy time together, and pursue leisure interests and activities (Park et al., 2003...

attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ad/hd) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood which involves behavioral and learning disturbances in children.  in addition, the disorder usually causes some problems in a child’s interaction with the peer group and family members. the present research addresses the comparative effectiveness of behavior parent training (bpt)...

The acute stress response in vertebrates is a highly adaptive suite of physiological and behavioural mechanisms that promote survival in the face of deleterious stimuli from the environment. Facultative changes of physiology and behaviour are mediated through changes in circulating levels of glucocorticoids (corticosterone, cortisol) and their subsequent binding to the high-affinity mineralocor...

Can parents burn out? The aim of this research was to examine the construct validity of the concept of parental burnout and to provide researchers which an instrument to measure it. We conducted two successive questionnaire-based online studies, the first with a community-sample of 379 parents using principal component analyses and the second with a community- sample of 1,723 parents using both...

Severe early childhood (S-ECC) caries has classically been studied as a disease, whose initiation and progression is determined by biological risk factors. In recent years S-ECC has begun to be associated to numerous social and psychosocial environmental conditions, one of which is parental stress. Our study set out to investigate the association of parental/caregiver stress as a co-factors to ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 backgroun: little research has been carried out on whether the parental stress affects children's oral health in general and dental caries in particular. this study aimed to investigate the association between parental stress and early childhood caries (ecc). methods: a cross-sectional study was designed that included 250 ...

BACKGROUND Youth suicide is increasingly being recognized as a major social problem in South Korea. In this study, we aimed to explore the effects of parental support on the relationship between life stress and suicidal ideation among middle-school students. METHODS This study analyzed data from a cross-sectional study on mental health conducted by the South Korea National Youth Policy Instit...

Parental investment decisions depend on multiple factors, including the extent that parental care benefits offspring. Humans should show reduced parental effort in environments where parenting cannot improve offspring survival. Data from the standard cross-cultural sample are used to test this prediction. The results show that maternal care was inversely associated with famine and warfare, and ...

This study examined adolescents' adjustment following the attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11). A Web-based survey was administered 2 weeks and 7 months postattacks to a national sample of adolescents (N = 104). A randomly selected parent also completed a survey at the 7-month assessment. Although exposure to the attacks was indirect, over half the participants felt threatened. Adolescents' pos...

background: hospitalization in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) leads to a lot of stress and shock to the parents. nurses, as the primary sources of information, could play an important role in reducing their stress. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of educational program on the premature infants’ parental stress in nicu. methods: this double-blind randomized controlled tria...