BACKGROUND father's sense of security in the early postnatal period is important for the whole family. An instrument, which measures Parents' Postnatal Sense of Security (the PPSS instrument), is under development. OBJECTIVE to explore and describe factors, which influence fathers' sense of security during the first postnatal week. METHODS an explorative design with a qualitative approach w...

Using molecular techniques, we examined patterns of paternity in Virginia opossums occupying a highly fragmented agricultural landscape in northern Indiana. During 2008, we collected tissue from 64 females and their pouch young in 34 forest patches distributed over a 1100-km(2) region. Using genotypes from 10 microsatellite loci, we determined the minimum number of fathers contributing to each ...

Citation: Karaaslan, O. (2016). Comparison of social engagement of children having disabilities with their mothers and fathers. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 16, 1649–1670. 1 Correspondence to: Ozcan Karaaslan (PhD), Department of Special Education, Atatürk Faculty of Education, Marmara University, Kadıköy, İstanbul 34722 Turkey. Email: [email protected] Abstract This study examined ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the impact that a 6-year maternal and child health project in rural Honduras had on maternal health services and outcomes, and to test the effect of level of father involvement on maternal health. METHODS This was a program evaluation conducted through representative household surveys administered at baseline in 2007 and endline in 2011 using 30 cluster samples randomly...

The conjoint association of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and gestational hypertension (GH) with cardiometabolic disease has not been well studied. We evaluated a combined GDM/GH risk indicator in both mothers and fathers because of shared spousal behaviors and environments. In the present population-based retrospective cohort study, GH was identified in matched pairs of mothers with GDM ...

Although parental burnout has been acknowledged as a unique psychological condition that can have serious consequences to families, most research so far conducted with mothers. The present study investigated how the descriptions of parenting-related demands and resources differ between burned-out non-burned-out fathers. Furthermore, we examined what kinds support or services fathers need increa...

This study sets out to investigate YouTube videos posted by adolescent fathers in order identify the rhetorical and discursive strategies they utilize. More specifically, it aims provide a description of how these young men represent themselves construct their online identity with regard gender age. paper intends shed light on intersections between masculinity age discourses, drawing premise th...

Having a child with special needs has significant impact on family life. While adapting to this new situation, parents often face difficulties related the care of their children, relations, and financial situation. The present study examined differences between burden spousal support perceived by mothers fathers children investigated predictors support. A total 394 disabilities (197 couples) fr...