The main objective of this paper is to examine the role students’ aspirations and expectations in affecting school achievement among 7th 8th grade students Qatar’s schools. study draws on data collected Qatari schools from a randomly selected sample 841 their parents. findings indicate that educational have stronger effect performance when compared expectations, even controlling for demographic...

background & aim: many parents do not believe in their ability to fulfill their parental responsibilities. parental self-efficacy is crucial to parents’ sense of well-being and is considered a predictor for quality of life. however, evidence is scarce on the factors that influence parents’ perception of efficacy. therefore, this study aimed to investigate the predictors for parental self-effica...

CONTEXT Widespread overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics are a major public health concern. Little is known about racial/ethnic differences in parents seeking antibiotics for their children's upper respiratory illnesses. OBJECTIVE To examine racial/ethnic differences in parent expectations about the need for antibiotics and physician perceptions of those expectations. DESIGN We condu...

The limited studies addressing developmental stability of interspecific hybrids suggest a positive association between the level of fluctuating asymmetry and 1) the degree of divergence between parental species, and 2) the recency of the contact zone. To evaluate these associations, we examined asymmetry in a recentlyestablished hybrid population of treefrogs (Hyla cinerea and H. gratiosa) that...

PURPOSE To explore psychosocial effects of rectiole emergency treatment. METHODS Children who had at some time been treated with Stesolid rectiole for seizure relief were questioned about feelings of shame in relation to this treatment and their expectation of bullying by peers who might be aware of it. In addition to parental shame, parental worries concerning their children's epilepsy were ...

This study examines relations among Chinese parents’ expectations for children’s development of social–emotional skills, parenting styles, and child social competence. A total of 154 parents with preschool-aged children from mainland China completed questionnaires measuring their timing of expectations for children’s mastery of social–emotional skills, value placed on social–emotional skills, p...

Objective To translate and culturally adapt the Parental Expectations Perceptions of Children's Sibling Relationship Questionnaire (PEPC-SRQ; Kramer & Baron, 1995) into Spanish test its psychometric properties. Background relationships contribute significantly to child development; however, date, no study has validated an instrument assess quality children's sibling with samples. Method We cond...