BACKGROUND Prenatal exposure to both stress and aeroallergens (dust mite) may modulate the fetal immune system. These exposures may interact to affect the newborn immune response. We examined associations between prenatal maternal stress and cord blood total IgE in 403 predominately low-income minority infants enrolled in the Asthma Coalition on Community, Environment, and Social Stress (ACCESS...

objectives: present study is designed to investigate the effect of stress management training by using cognitive behavioral method on stress of mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder. methods: the study was done in a quasi-experiment designed as pre-post-test with control group. the participants were 20 mothers of oppositional defiant disorder children, ages from 4 to7 years old...

Mothers of adolescents and adults with fragile X syndrome (FXS) are faced with high levels of parenting stress. The extent to which mothers are negatively impacted by this stress, however, may be influenced by their own genetic status. The present study uses a diathesis-stress model to examine the ways in which a genetic vulnerability in mothers with the premutation of the FMR1 gene interacts w...

introduction : behavioral disorder is one of the most prevalent psychological disorders among children. it can affect the psychological and social functions of all members of the family. this study has been caring out with the aim of determining the effect of positive parenting program (3p) on depression, anxiety, and stress level of mothers who had children suffering from attention deficit hyp...

OBJECTIVE To assess parental burden and grief one year after having a child with a congenital anomaly. METHOD Twenty-five couples completed the Impact on Family Scale (IFS) and 22 couples answered the Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS). In addition, 27 mothers completed the Functional Health Status Scale (FSII-R). RESULTS Mothers and fathers showed no significant differences in overall burden (IFS...

BACKGROUND The promotion and maintenance of breastfeeding with late preterm infants (LPIs) remain under examined topics of study. This dearth of research knowledge, especially for this population at-risk for various health complications, requires scientific investigation. In this study, we explore the experiences of mothers and the perceptions of public health nurses (PHNs) about breastfeeding ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze relationships between stress, moods, and immunity in breastfeeding compared to formula-feeding mothers. DESIGN A cross-sectional study of 181 healthy mothers, exclusively breastfeeding or formula feeding, studied at 4 to 6 weeks after childbirth. SETTING Mothers were recruited in the postpartum unit of the hospital and then visited in their homes once at 4 to 6 weeks af...

This study examined the relationship between the broader autism phenotype (BAP) and depressed mood in mothers of children with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD). One hundred and sixty-five mothers (71 with an ASD child and 94 with a non-ASD child) completed a survey of child autism severity (ASD mothers only), parenting stress, BAP, and depression. Mothers of children with ASD reporte...