PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of health care providers (HCPs) in the outpatient setting as they work with fathers of children who are overweight and obese. METHOD Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used for data collection and analysis. Seven HCPs were interviewed about their experiences. RESULTS Two major themes emerged from the experiences of th...

Parents of children with disabilities vary in their reaction to their children's diagnosis. The current study focused on fathers in addition to mothers and examined their resolution and coping styles when having children diagnosed with developmental delay (DD). Sixty-five fathers and 71 mothers were interviewed using the reaction to the diagnosis interview (RDI; Pianta & Marvin, 1992a). Results...

The main objective of the present study was to determine which variables predict the emotional adjustment of parents of children with cancer. Therefore, parents' emotional adjustment, in terms of depression, anxiety, feelings of loneliness, helplessness, uncertainty and positive feelings, were predicted with three models. (1) With a child model (including age of the child, time since diagnosis,...

PURPOSE This study used a randomized control design to evaluate the effectiveness of AgTeen, an in-home, family-based farm safety intervention, in decreasing extra riding on tractors by youth. Having children as extra riders on tractors has deep roots in farm culture, but it can result in serious injury or death. METHODS The study randomized 151 families into 3 groups: parent-led intervention...

The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of educational level of fathers on the value pattern of their children. Sample was selected from senior secondary schools of Himachal Pradesh (India) by using simple random sampling. The data was collected from the twelfth class students of the age group of 15-18 years. It was hypothesized that the students having different levels of their ...

OBJECTIVE Widowed fathers and their children are at heightened risk for poor coping and maladaptive psychosocial outcomes. This exploratory study is the first to explicitly examine the psychological characteristics of this population of fathers. METHOD Some 259 fathers (mean age = 46.81; 90% Caucasian) with dependent-age children and whose wives had died from cancer within the previous five y...

To date, most research with families who have a child with developmental disabilities has been undertaken in English speaking countries. Poorer health, allied with increased levels of stress has been commonly reported for mothers but less is known about the impact on fathers and on overall family functioning. This study aimed to document the correlates of these parental impacts with Iranian mot...

OBJECTIVE To determine the psychological consequences for parents of children with Down's syndrome of having received a false negative result on prenatal screening. DESIGN Comparison of adjustment of parents who received a false negative result with that of parents not offered a test and those who declined a test. SETTING Parents were interviewed in their own homes. PARTICIPANTS Parents o...