OBJECTIVE Parents are often children's main source of support following fear-inducing traumatic events, yet little is known about how parents provide that support. The aim of this study was to examine parents' experiences of supporting their child following child trauma exposure and presentation at an emergency department (ED). DESIGN Semistructured qualitative interviews analysed using thema...

Do mothers’ and fathers’ attitudes towards their children’s academic performance influence children’s perceptions of their academic competence? Two types of parental attitudes—parents’ level of satisfaction with their children’s performance in school and the importance parents place on children’s academic success—were the focus of this study. The data from children (n= 248), mothers (n= 219), a...

The prevalence of perceptions of odors and sensations of air humidity and sick building syndrome symptoms in domestic environments were studied using responses to a questionnaire on the home environment. Parents of 4530 1-8 year old children from randomly selected kindergartens in Chongqing, China participated. Stuffy odor, unpleasant odor, pungent odor, mold odor, tobacco smoke odor, humid air...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed to assess parental perceptions of weight-based victimization (WBV) and its consequences for children's health as well as how perceptions of WBV vary by parental and child weight status. METHODS A national sample of American parents with children ages 2-18 years (N=918) completed an online questionnaire to assess their perceptions of how common WBV is, compar...

Title of Dissertation: THE INFLUENCE OF DISCREPANCIES IN ADOLESCENT-PARENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE FAMILY ON ADOLESCENT OUTCOMES IN TRANSRACIALLY ADOPTIVE FAMILIES Katie Marie Hrapczynski, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Dissertation directed by: Associate Professor Leigh Leslie Department of Family Science Transracial adoption creates a family in which the adoptive parent or parents are of a different r...

AIM Asthma treatment according to guidelines fails frequently, through patients' nonadherence to doctors' advice. This study aimed to explore how differences in asthma care influence parents' perceptions to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). METHODS We conducted six semistructured focus groups, including 44 parents of asthmatic children (2-12 years of age, treated in primary or specialist care). ...

BACKGROUND Little is known about how physician and parent perspectives compare regarding the prognosis and end-of-life (EOL) experience of children with advanced heart disease (AHD). OBJECTIVE The study's objective was to describe and compare parent and physician perceptions regarding prognosis and EOL experience in children with AHD. METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey study of cardi...