Abstract Background:In general, parental substance abuse is associated with children's emotional and behavioral problems. This study only investigated the internalizing problems (depression, anxiety and physical complains) in children of opioid or heroin-dependent parents in comparison with non-opioid dependent parents in order to determine the effects of drug dependency after exclu...

Previous studies using Olson's Circumplex Model and FACES IV, the self-report assessing family functioning, did not clarify the role of rigidity, a dimension of this model. Rigidity emerged as ambiguous: it was considered either as a functional or as a dysfunctional dimension. Building upon the results of previous studies, we provided a contribution intended to disambiguate the role of rigidity...

OBJECTIVES To develop an understanding of factors acting as barriers and motivators to parental uptake of child poison safety strategies. DESIGN A qualitative study involving semistructured interviews and focus groups. A grounded theory approach was used for the collection and analysis of data. PARTICIPANTS Sixty five parents of children under 5 years of age, some of whom had experienced an...

Despite widespread use of self-report measures of adult attachment, relatively little research has explored the predictive utility of these measures in the domain of parent-child relationships. The present study examined the association between self-reported attachment style and parental responsiveness during a stressful event. Children and their parents were observed while children received an...

Background: Excessive and uncontrolled television watching by children predisposes them to some risks such as developmental, social and psychological disorders. Parents play an important role in nurturing their children and controlling the factors affecting their health. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of health education programs on parents’ supervision skills to contro...

CONTEXT There is a need to better understand the various social, psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with sexual activity among young adolescents in various settings in Sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS Data were drawn from Wave 1 (2007-2008) and Wave 2 (2009) of the Transition to Adulthood study, which collected information about key markers of the transition to adulthood and social, de...

BACKGROUND Violence, as well as other behaviors, is often intensified during adolescence and early adulthood. The objective of this study is estimate the prevalence of Brazilian school students involvement in fights with weapons and to analyze the associated factors. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study using data from the National School Student Health Survey conducted in 2012 with 9th gr...

Although recent investigations showed no specific hazard resulting from Food Products Containing inedibles as compared to the wider category of toys, in view of recent findings and subsequent study of the European registry of Foreign bodies injuries, a potential threat has been identified in a lack of parental supervision in the event of injury. indeed, according to the report of the European r...

The aim of the present research was to examine the relationship between Greek young people aged 12–18 and the Internet through their patterns of Internet use in the home. A particular objective of the study was the investigation of the possible effects of social stratification, gender and age on their domestic Internet use. A sample of 418 high school students selected from 17 schools in four G...

BACKGROUND Interpersonal physical violence is an important global public health concern that has received limited attention in the developing world. There is in particular a paucity of data regarding physical violence and its socio-demographic correlates among in-school adolescents in Namibia. METHODS We analysed cross-sectional data from the Namibia Global School-Based Health Survey (GSHS) c...