OBJECTIVE To examine relationships between a mother's stress-related conditions and parenting attitudes and their children's asthmatic status. METHODS 274 mothers of an asthmatic child 2 to 12 years old completed a questionnaire including questions about their chronic stress/coping behaviors (the "Stress Inventory"), parenting attitudes (the "Ta-ken Diagnostic Test for Parent-Child Relationsh...

background epilepsy is a chronic disease that affects the behavior and cognitive performance of children. in many cases, the emotional impacts of epilepsy on the family are neglected. besides the emotional distress, recurrent seizures may lead to irreversible effects on family members, especially parents. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety, stress and depressive d...

Mothers often express intense stress and uncertainty when their children develop acute childhood illnesses and it is important for healthcare professionals to consider maternal uncertainty when providing support for mothers. This study aimed to examine maternal uncertainty about children’s hospitalization due to acute childhood illnesses. We recruited 15 Japanese mothers of children aged 1 12 m...

We show here that subtle forms of maltreatment during infancy (below 1 year of age) have potential consequences for the functioning of the child's adrenocortical response system. Infants who received frequent corporal punishment (e.g., spanking) showed high hormonal reactivity to stress (a repeated separation from mother, combined with the presence of a stranger). In addition, infants who exper...

Perinatal mortality has declined in Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous populations by 2-3 percent per year over the last 16 years. However, perinatal mortality in babies born to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island (TSI) mothers is approximately twice that in babies born to nonIndigenous mothers, and the gap between these populations has not narrowed in 16 years. A major deter...

OBJECTIVE To document levels of stress in parents of children undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT) over the course of hospitalization and to pilot a psychological intervention program designed to teach parents techniques for managing stress associated with their child's illness and hospitalization. METHODS Twenty-two mothers of children (ages 2-16) undergoing BMT were followed prospec...

Mexican-origin adolescent mothers are at increased risk for poor psychosocial functioning as a result of various stressors with which they must contend; however, existing theory suggests that cultural strengths may help mitigate the negative effects of stress. As such, the current study examined the associations between cultural and economic stressors and Mexican-origin adolescent mothers' (N =...

iodine is essential element in thyroid hormones synthesis and normal growth and development of the brain. milk and iodine concentrations can be appropriate indicator of body iodine status; in this study, we evaluated the concentrations of urine and milk iodine in newborns and their mothers.in a cross-sectional study conducted in 2013, urine and milk iodine in 106 neonates and their mothers refe...

This study was conducted to compare the social adjustment of the mothers with transsexual children with that of mothers with normal kids in order to find out the negative impacts of having a trans child on social adjustment of mothers. This research had a causal-comparative design. The statistical population of the study comprised mothers with trans children referred to Tehran Psychiatric Insti...