Family is a basic unit of the society and the main source of human development. The initial aim of the family is psychological and social support of its members and has special developmental stages. Researches show the families who have less cohesion, have more conflicts and maladjustments and the members of such families are not able to communicate effectively. Family is a system in which any ...

Introduction Child physical abuse continues to be a prevalent concern in the United States. The U.S. Bureau of the Census (1994) concluded that more than 200,000 children are physically abused each year, with over a thousand of these children dying as a consequence of the abuse. According to reports from the states to the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, physical abuse accounted for ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether family response to asthma symptoms mediates the relationship between child symptom perception and morbidity. METHODS A total of 122 children with asthma, aged between 7 and 17 years (47% females; 25% ethnic minorities), were recruited from three sites. Participants completed a family asthma management interview and 5-6 weeks of symptom perception assessment. R...

Young children’s relationships with teachers predict social and academic success. This study examines contributions of child temperament (shyness, effortful control) and gender to teacher–child relationship quality both directly and indirectly through the frequency of teacher–child interactions in the classroom. Using an NICHD SECCYD sample of 819 first grade children, four findings emerged: (a...

Children are considered to develop various kinds of their social abilities in communication with their caregivers. Developmental researchers have revealed the quality of the caregiver-child attachment heavily affects the children’s developmental passway and sometimes threatens their healthy development. For understanding developmental mechanism under the caregiver-child attachment, a number of ...

The mother-child relationship in families of 202 adolescents and adults with an autism spectrum disorder living at home and its association with maternal caregiving gains and strains were examined. Findings indicate a wide range of variability in the quality of the mother-child relationship, although most were characterized as positive across multiple measures. Characteristics of the son or dau...

This prospective, longitudinal study investigated the moderating role of pubertal timing on reciprocal links between adolescent appraisals of parent-child relationship quality and girls' (N=1335) and boys' (N=1203) cigarette and alcohol use across a twelve-month period. Reciprocal effects were found between parent-child relations and on-time maturing boys and girls' cigarette and alcohol use, a...